First observation of proton induced power MOSFET burnout in space: The CRUX experiment on APEX

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2921-2926

  Adolphsen, John W ^a   Barth, Janet L ^b   Gee, George B ^c  

^a Unisys   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SES Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMIC RAYS; ION BOMBARDMENT; POWER ELECTRONICS; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING; SPACE RESEARCH;

SINGLE EVENT BURNOUTS (SEB);

MOSFET DEVICES;

EID: 0030350167     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.556886     Document Type: Article

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