M Ravindra
Articles written in Bulletin of Materials Science
Volume 28 Issue 5 August 2005 pp 473-476 Ion Irradiation
High-energy heavy ion testing of VLSI devices for single event upsets and latch up
S B Umesh S R Kulkarni R Sandhya G R Joshi R Damle M Ravindra
Several very large scale integrated (VLSI) devices which are not available in radiation hardened version are still required to be used in spacecraft systems. Thus these components need to be tested for highenergy heavy ion irradiation to find out their tolerance and suitability in specific space applications. This paper describes the high-energy heavy ion radiation testing of VLSI devices for single event upset (SEU) and single event latch up (SEL). The experimental set up employed to produce low flux of heavy ions viz. silicon (Si), and silver (Ag), for studying single event effects (SEE) is briefly described. The heavy ion testing of a few VLSI devices is performed in the general purpose scattering chamber of the Pelletron facility, available at Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi. The test results with respect to SEU and SEL are discussed.
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