Title : 
Single Event Upset Characterization of the Kintex-7 Field Programmable Gate Array Using Proton Irradiation
         
        
            Author : 
Hiemstra, David M. ; Kirischian, Valeri
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
MDA, Brampton, ON, Canada
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Proton induced SEU cross-sections of the SRAM which stores the logic configuration and certain functional blocks of the Kintex-7 FPGA are presented. Upset rates in the space radiation environment are estimated.
         
        
            Keywords : 
SRAM chips; field programmable gate arrays; radiation hardening (electronics); FPGA; Kintex-7 field programmable gate array; SRAM; certain functional blocks; proton induced SEU cross-sections; proton irradiation; single event upset characterization; space radiation environment; upset rates; Field programmable gate arrays; Logic gates; Performance evaluation; Protons; Radiation effects; Random access memory; Single event upsets;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Radiation Effects Data Workshop (REDW), 2014 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Paris
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-5883-2
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/REDW.2014.7004593