• DocumentCode
    1299111
  • Title

    Use of a Contacted Buried {\\rm n}^{+} Layer for Single Event Mitigation in 90 nm CMOS

  • Author

    DasGupta, Sandeepan ; Amusan, Oluwole A. ; Alles, Michael L. ; Witulski, Arthur F. ; Massengill, Lloyd W. ; Bhuva, Bharat L. ; Schrimpf, Ronald D. ; Reed, Robert A.

  • Author_Institution
    Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci. Dept., Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN, USA
  • Volume
    56
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    2008
  • Lastpage
    2013
  • Abstract
    3-D TCAD simulation results predict reduction in single event charge collection, transient pulse widths, and charge sharing in a 90 nm bulk twin well process CMOS by using a contacted n+ buried layer.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; buried layers; technology CAD (electronics); CMOS; TCAD simulation; contacted buried n+ layer; single event mitigation; size 90 nm; transient pulse widths; CMOS process; CMOS technology; Discrete event simulation; Doping; MOS devices; Pulse inverters; Pulse width modulation inverters; Radiation hardening; Space vector pulse width modulation; Substrates; Buried layer; TCAD; single event; substrate engineering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.2008.2012344
  • Filename
    5204586