• DocumentCode
    1394692
  • Title

    Effect of Shielding on Single-Event Rates in Devices That Are Sensitive to Particle Range

  • Author

    Edmonds, L.D. ; Scheick, L.Z.

  • Author_Institution
    Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    3560
  • Lastpage
    3569
  • Abstract
    Single-event rates in space can include contributions from low-energy particles such that the LET is not constant. A rate calculation algorithm for such a situation is derived.
  • Keywords
    radiation effects; radiation protection; shielding; LET; low-energy particles; particle range; rate calculation algorithm; shielding; single-event rates; Algorithm design and analysis; Radiation effects; Single event upset; Low-energy rate; single-event gate rupture (SEGR); single-event rate;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2010.2078835
  • Filename
    5658044