IRT: A modeling system for single event upset analysis that captures charge sharing effects

Author

Foley, Kerryann ; Seifert, N. ; Velamala, J.B. ; Bennett, W.G. ; Gupta, Swastik

Author_Institution

Design & Technol. Solutions, Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

1-5 June 2014

Abstract

IRT (Intel Radiation Tool), a GEANT4 based simulation system for the analysis of radiation-induced single event upsets that accounts for charge sharing effects is described. The capabilities and accuracy of the introduced simulation system are demonstrated against measured results for standard and reduced SER devices, focusing on Reinforcing Charge Collection (RCC) devices. Finally, the physical design space for optimizing soft error rates of RCC and Single Event Upset Tolerant (SEUT) devices is explored.

Keywords

radiation hardening (electronics); semiconductor device models; semiconductor device reliability; GEANT4 based simulation system; IRT modeling system; RCC devices; SEUT devices; charge sharing effects; intel radiation tool; physical design space; radiation-induced single event upset analysis; reduced SER devices; reinforcing charge collection device; single event upset tolerant device; Calibration; Computational modeling; Integrated circuit modeling; Latches; MOS devices; Semiconductor process modeling; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Reliability Physics Symposium, 2014 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRPS.2014.6861092

Filename

6861092