• DocumentCode
    78207
  • Title

    A Simple Method for Assessing Power Devices Sensitivity to SEEs in Atmospheric Environment

  • Author

    Foro, L.L. ; Touboul, A.D. ; Wrobel, F. ; Saigne, F.

  • Author_Institution
    IES, Univ. Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
  • Volume
    60
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    2559
  • Lastpage
    2566
  • Abstract
    Sensitive volume and critical energy are important fitting parameters for predicting the triggering of destructive events in power components. Based on both nuclear cross section and experimental data, we propose a method for estimating the sensitivity to the whole atmospheric spectrum of different IGBT technologies thanks to critical parameters extraction.
  • Keywords
    insulated gate bipolar transistors; power semiconductor devices; IGBT technologies; SEE; atmospheric environment; destructive events; parameters extraction; power components; power devices sensitivity; Alpha particles; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Ions; Neutrons; Performance evaluation; Radiation effects; Sensitivity; Atmospheric neutrons; MC-ORACLE; critical energy; cross section; insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT); nuclear cross-section; sensitive volume;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2013.2259639
  • Filename
    6520896