• DocumentCode
    2712292
  • Title

    Multi-cell soft errors at the 16-nm FinFET technology node

  • Author

    Tam, N. ; Bhuva, B.L. ; Massengill, L.W. ; Ball, D. ; McCurdy, M. ; Alles, M.L. ; Chatterjee, I.

  • Author_Institution
    Marvell Semicond., San Jose, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    19-23 April 2015
  • Abstract
    Soft error performance of 16-nm FinFET SRAM designs fabricated using a commercial bulk CMOS process is evaluated using heavy-ions. Results included supply voltage variations show that multi-cell upsets dominate soft-error rates. Dual-port SRAM has higher cross-section than single-port SRAM but did not have any multi-cell upset across the bit-line direction. TCAD simulations showing the extent of the perturbation in the electric parameters as a function of particle LET support the experimental data.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; SRAM chips; integrated circuit design; radiation hardening (electronics); FinFET SRAM designs; FinFET technology node; TCAD simulations; bit-line direction; commercial bulk CMOS process; dual-port SRAM; heavy-ions; multicell soft errors; multicell upsets; particle LET; single-port SRAM; size 16 nm; supply voltage variations; Capacitance; Electric potential; Error correction codes; FinFETs; SRAM cells; FinFET technology; SRAM; TCAD modeling; multi-bit upsets; scaling; soft errors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2015 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Monterey, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.2015.7112730
  • Filename
    7112730