The single event upset environment for avionics at high latitude

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 2361-2367

  Sims, A J ^a   Dyer, C S ^a   Peerless, C L ^a   Johansson, K ^b   Pettersson, H ^b   Farren, J ^c  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b SAAB AB   (Sweden)

^c Harwell Lab   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; COSMIC RAY MEASUREMENT; COSMIC RAYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUTRON SOURCES; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIOACTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRONS; SECONDARY COSMIC RAYS; SINGLE EVENT UPSET;

AVIONICS;

EID: 0028720645     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.340588     Document Type: Article

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