• DocumentCode
    608234
  • Title

    Impact of cell distance and well-contact density on neutron-induced Multiple Cell Upsets

  • Author

    Furuta, J. ; Kobayashi, Kaoru ; Onodera, Hidetoshi

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Inf., Kyoto Univ., Kyoto, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    14-18 April 2013
  • Abstract
    We measured neutron-induced Single Event Upsets (SEUs) and Multiple Cell Upsets (MCUs) on Flip-Flops (FFs) in a 65 nm bulk CMOS process. Measurement results show that MCU / SEU is up to 23.4% and is exponentially decreased by the distance between latches on FFs. MCU rates can drastically be reduced by inserting well-contact arrays between FFs. The number of MCUs is reduced from 110 to 1 by inserting a well-contact array under power and ground rails.
  • Keywords
    CMOS logic circuits; electrical contacts; flip-flops; neutron effects; FF; MCU rates; SEU; bulk CMOS process; cell distance; flip-flops; ground rails; neutron-induced multiple cell upsets; power rails; size 65 nm; well-contact arrays; well-contact density; Clocks; Inverters; Latches; Neutrons; Reliability; Resilience; Shift registers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium (IRPS), 2013 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • ISSN
    1541-7026
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0112-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1541-7026
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRPS.2013.6532053
  • Filename
    6532053