• DocumentCode
    2049795
  • Title

    Multi-bit upsets in 65nm SOI SRAMs

  • Author

    Cannon, Ethan H. ; Gordon, Michael S. ; Heidel, David F. ; KleinOsowski, AJ ; Oldiges, Phil ; Rodbell, Kenneth P. ; Tang, Henry H K

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Syst. & Technol. Group, Essex Junction, VT
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    April 27 2008-May 1 2008
  • Firstpage
    195
  • Lastpage
    201
  • Abstract
    We study multi-bit upsets (MBU) in 65 nm SOI SRAMs. Proton beam and thorium foil experiments demonstrate that SOI SRAMs have lower soft error rate than bulk SRAMs. Monte Carlo SER simulations show that SOI SRAMs have a lower fraction of MBU than bulk SRAMs. The probability of MBU correlates with the spacing of sensitive devices in neighboring cells.
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; SRAM chips; error analysis; proton effects; silicon-on-insulator; Monte Carlo simulations; SOI SRAMs; multi-bit upsets; proton beam; sensitive device spacing; soft error rate; thorium foil; Alpha particles; CMOS technology; Circuits; Contacts; Error analysis; Error correction codes; Laboratories; MOSFETs; Particle beams; Random access memory; (SEU); cosmic rays; multi-bit upset; single-event upset; soft error rate (SER);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Reliability Physics Symposium, 2008. IRPS 2008. IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    Phoenix, AZ
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2049-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2050-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RELPHY.2008.4558885
  • Filename
    4558885