Title :
Monte Carlo Simulation of Proton Upsets in Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA Using a Position Dependent Qcrit With PROPSET
Author :
Foster, Charles C. ; O´Neill, P.M. ; Kouba, Coy K.
Author_Institution :
Cyclotron Facility, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN
Abstract :
Proton upsets, predicted by the software code, PROPSET, for the Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA and other devices are presented. PROPSET uses heavy-ion upset data to determine the upset energy threshold at each position within the device´s sensitive volume. Sensitivity to the shape and thickness of the sensitive volume, to the choice of Weibull parameters and to model physics are explored
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; electronic engineering computing; field programmable gate arrays; physics computing; proton effects; Monte Carlo simulation; PROPSET software code; Weibull parameters; Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA; heavy-ion upset data; nuclear physics; nuclear radiation effects; proton radiation effects; proton upsets; upset energy threshold; Aerospace electronics; Energy measurement; Field programmable gate arrays; Particle scattering; Particle tracking; Physics; Predictive models; Proton radiation effects; Radiation effects; Shape; Heavy ions; Monte Carlo methods; nuclear radiation effects; proton radiation effects;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.2006.886233
