Radiation effects in the space telecommunications environment

2000 22nd International Conference on Microelectronics, MIEL 2000 - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2000, Pages 43-49

  Fleetwood, Daniel M ^a   Winokur, Peter S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATION BELTS; COSMIC RAYS; ELECTRONS; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TESTING; MOS DEVICES; PROTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; COSMOLOGY; MICROELECTRONICS;

COMMERCIAL ELECTRONICS; EARTH'S RADIATION BELTS; FINITE PROBABILITIES; SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS; SOLAR PARTICLE EVENTS; SOURCES OF UNCERTAINTY; TOTAL DOSE EFFECT; TOTAL DOSE RESPONSE; SPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; TOTAL DOSE EFFECTS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

MICROELECTRONICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 0033300527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMEL.2000.840529     Document Type: Conference Paper

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