학술논문

Heavy Ion Irradiation Fluence Dependence for Single-Event Upsets in a NAND Flash Memory
Document Type
Report
Source
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (TNS). 64(1)
Subject
Electronics And Electrical Engineering
Space Radiation
Language
English
ISSN
0018-9499
Abstract
We investigated the single-event effect (SEE) susceptibility of the Micron 16 nm NAND flash, and found that the single-event upset (SEU) cross section varied inversely with cumulative fluence. We attribute the effect to the variable upset sensitivities of the memory cells. Furthermore, the effect impacts only single cell upsets in general. The rate of multiple-bit upsets remained relatively constant with fluence. The current test standards and procedures assume that SEU follow a Poisson process and do not take into account the variability in the error rate with fluence. Therefore, traditional SEE testing techniques may underestimate the on-orbit event rate for a device with variable upset sensitivity.