Cross section measurements and upset rate calculations

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6 PART 1, 1996, Pages 2805-2813

  Petersen, Edward ^a  

^a Consultant ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSMIC RAYS; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; ION BEAMS; PROBABILITY; TRANSISTORS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

DEVICE UPSETS; HEAVY ION CROSS SECTION;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0030354235     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.556870     Document Type: Article

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