• DocumentCode
    1560497
  • Title

    Early lethal SEGR failures of VDMOSFETs considering nonuniformity in the rad-hard device distribution

  • Author

    Wheatley, Thomas H. ; Wheatley, C. Frank ; Titus, Jeffrey L.

  • Volume
    48
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2217
  • Lastpage
    2221
  • Abstract
    In 1999, Titus et al. studied single-event gate rupture failures of vertical MOSFETs for many parameters where the MOSFET universe was assumed to consist of homogeneous devices. A non-homogeneous universe is now considered. Time-to-failure is studied using Monte Carlo methods. Boundaries are ascribed applying the empirical equation presented by Titus et al
  • Keywords
    MOSFET; Monte Carlo methods; failure analysis; radiation hardening (electronics); semiconductor device reliability; MOSFET; Monte Carlo methods; VDMOSFET; early lethal SEGR failures; empirical equation; homogeneous devices; inhomogeneous MOSFETs; nonuniformity; rad-hard device distribution; single-event gate rupture failures; time-to-failure; vertical MOSFETs; Cranes; Electronic components; Integral equations; MOSFETs; Monte Carlo methods; Orbits; Protons; Radiation hardening; Risk management; Space vehicles;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/23.983198
  • Filename
    983198