Search Results - "Schwank, James R."
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Proton-Induced Upsets in SLC and MLC NAND Flash Memories
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2013)“…We investigate proton-induced upsets in state-of-the-art NAND Flash memories, down to the 25-nm node. The most striking result is the opposite behavior of…”
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32 and 45 nm Radiation-Hardened-by-Design (RHBD) SOI Latches
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2011)“…Single event upset (SEU) experimental heavy ion data and modeling results for CMOS, silicon-on-insulator (SOI), 32 nm and 45 nm stacked and DICE latches are…”
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Estimation of Heavy-Ion LET Thresholds in Advanced SOI IC Technologies From Two-Photon Absorption Laser Measurements
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2010)“…The laser energy thresholds for SEU for SOI 1-Mbit SRAMs built in Sandia's 0.35-μm SOI technology were measured using carrier generation by two-photon…”
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Single-Event Upsets and Distributions in Radiation-Hardened CMOS Flip-Flop Logic Chains
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2011)“…Single-event upsets are studied in digital logic cells in a radiation-hardened CMOS SOI technology. The sensitivity of SEU to different strike locations and…”
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Criticality of Low-Energy Protons in Single-Event Effects Testing of Highly-Scaled Technologies
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2014)“…We report low-energy proton and low-energy alpha particle SEE data on a 32 nm SOI CMOS SRAM that demonstrates the criticality of using low-energy protons for…”
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The Effects of Neutron Energy and High-Z Materials on Single Event Upsets and Multiple Cell Upsets
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2011)“…Neutron-induced charge collection data and computer simulations presented here show that the presence of high-Z materials, like tungsten, can increase the…”
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Influence of Beam Conditions and Energy for SEE Testing
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2012)“…The effects of heavy-ion test conditions and beam energy on device response are investigated. These effects are illustrated with two types of test vehicles:…”
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SEGR in SiO 2 -Si 3 N 4 Stacks
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2014)“…This paper presents experimental Single Event Gate Rupture (SEGR) data for Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor (MIS) devices, where the gate dielectrics are made of…”
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The Effect of High-Z Materials on Proton-Induced Charge Collection
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2010)“…Charge collection measurements reveal that the presence of high-Z materials increases proton-induced charge collection cross sections for high charge…”
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Hardness Assurance Testing for Proton Direct Ionization Effects
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2012)“…The potential for using the degraded beam of high-energy proton radiation sources for proton hardness assurance testing for ICs that are sensitive to proton…”
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SOI Substrate Removal for SEE Characterization: Techniques and Applications
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2012)“…Techniques for removing the back substrate of SOI devices are described for both packaged devices and devices at the die level. The use of these techniques for…”
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Statistical Analysis of Heavy-Ion Induced Gate Rupture in Power MOSFETs-Methodology for Radiation Hardness Assurance
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2012)“…A methodology for power MOSFET radiation hardness assurance is proposed. It is based on the statistical analysis of destructive events, such as gate oxide…”
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Total Ionizing Dose and Single Event Effects Hardness Assurance Qualification Issues for Microelectronics
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2008)“…The radiation effects community has developed a number of hardness assurance test guidelines to assess and assure the radiation hardness of integrated circuits…”
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Radiation Effects in 3D Integrated SOI SRAM Circuits
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2011)“…Radiation effects are presented for the first time for vertically integrated 3 × 64-kb SOI SRAM circuits fabricated using the 3D process developed at MIT…”
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Comparison of Single and Two-Photon Absorption for Laser Characterization of Single-Event Upsets in SOI SRAMs
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2011)“…The laser pulse energy thresholds for single-event upset measured by single photon and two photon absorption are measured and compared for Sandia SRAMs and…”
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Direct Comparison of Charge Collection in SOI Devices From Single-Photon and Two-Photon Laser Testing Techniques
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-06-2011)“…The amounts of charge collection by single-photon absorption (SPA) and by two-photon absorption (TPA) laser testing techniques have been directly compared…”
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Effects of Moisture on Radiation-Induced Degradation in CMOS SOI Transistors
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-08-2010)“…The effects of moisture on radiation-induced charge buildup in the oxides of a 0.35 μm SOI technology are explored. Data show no observable effects of…”
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Heavy Ion Testing With Iron at 1 GeV/amu
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-10-2010)“…A 1 GeV/amu 56 Fe ion beam allows for true 90° tilt irradiations of various microelectronic components and reveals relevant upset trends at the GCR flux energy…”
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Implications of radiation-induced dopant deactivation for npn bipolar junction transistors
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-12-2000)“…Metal-oxide-silicon capacitors fabricated in a bipolar process were examined for densities of oxide trapped charge, interface traps and deactivated substrate…”
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Radiation Hardness Assurance Testing of Microelectronic Devices and Integrated Circuits: Radiation Environments, Physical Mechanisms, and Foundations for Hardness Assurance
Published in IEEE transactions on nuclear science (01-06-2013)“…This document describes the radiation environments, physical mechanisms, and test philosophies that underpin radiation hardness assurance test methodologies…”
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