An asynchronous cell library for operation in wide-temperature & ionizing-radiation environments

Author

Brady, John ; Matthew Francis, A. ; Holmes, Jim ; Jia Di ; Mantooth, H. Alan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

7-14 March 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

10

Abstract

An asynchronous NULL Convention Logic (NCL) gate library is developed for applications in space environment with temperatures ranging from -196° C to 125° C with radiation exposure. To further improve radiation-immunity and temperature-stability dual high-density metal-insulator-metal (DMIM) capacitor-based delay elements (based on DMIM capacitors available in the IBM 9HP process) and an asynchronous Dual Interlocked Cell (DICE)-based DFF are introduced. Results from temperature simulation and radiation analysis are shown.

Keywords

MIM devices; asynchronous circuits; capacitors; ionisation; radiation effects; space vehicle electronics; DICE-based DFF; DMIM capacitors; NCL; asynchronous NULL convention logic gate library; asynchronous dual interlocked cell library; ionizing-radiation environments; radiation analysis; radiation exposure; radiation-immunity; temperature -196 degC to 125 degC; temperature simulation; temperature-stability dual high-density metal-insulator-metal capacitor-based delay elements; Biographies; Capacitors; Cryogenics; Logic gates; Reliability; Transient analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Conference, 2015 IEEE

Conference_Location

Big Sky, MT

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-5379-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.2015.7119299

Filename

7119299