학술논문

The Susceptibility of 45 and 32 nm Bulk CMOS Latches to Low-Energy Protons
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science IEEE Trans. Nucl. Sci. Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on. 58(6):2711-2718 Dec, 2011
Subject
Nuclear Engineering
Bioengineering
Protons
Latches
Particle beams
Silicon on insulator technology
Aluminum
Voltage measurement
Logic
protons
radiation
SER
single event
soft error
Language
ISSN
0018-9499
1558-1578
Abstract
We measured low-energy proton radiation induced soft error rates (SER) of standard and reduced-SER (RSER) latches, manufactured in 32 nm and 45 nm bulk CMOS technologies, and conclude that sequential logic elements built in these technologies are not yet susceptible. Further, our results demonstrate that at proton energies where direct ionization dominates, critical charge (Qcrit) plays a far bigger role than at proton energies above the nuclear reaction threshold.