• DocumentCode
    818890
  • Title

    Radiation-induced multi-bit upsets in SRAM-based FPGAs

  • Author

    Quinn, Heather ; Graham, Paul ; Krone, Jim ; Caffrey, Michael ; Rezgui, Sana

  • Author_Institution
    Space Data Syst., Los Alamos Nat. Lab., NM, USA
  • Volume
    52
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    2455
  • Lastpage
    2461
  • Abstract
    This paper provides a methodology for estimating the proton and heavy ion static saturation cross-sections for multi-bit upsets (MBUs) in Xilinx field-programmable gate arrays and describes a methodology for determining MBUs´ effects on triple-modular redundancy protected circuits. Experimental results are provided.
  • Keywords
    SRAM chips; field programmable gate arrays; proton effects; SRAM-based FPGA; Xilinx field-programmable gate arrays; heavy ion static saturation cross-sections; proton ion static saturation cross-sections; radiation-induced multibit upsets; triple-modular redundancy protected circuits; CMOS technology; Circuits; Costs; Field programmable gate arrays; Frequency; Hardware; Laboratories; Protection; Protons; Testing; Heavy ions; field programmable gate arrays; proton radiation effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2005.860742
  • Filename
    1589223