Results of radiation effects on a chalcogenide non-volatile memory array

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2306-2314

  Maimon, Jonathan ^a   Hunt, Ken ^b   Rodgers, John ^c   Burcin, Laura ^c   Knowles, Kenneth ^c  

^a Ovonyx Inc   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; MEMORY TECHNOLOGY; PHASE-CHANGE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY TECHNOLOGY;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FLASH MEMORY; IONIZATION; MARKETING; MISSILES; NONVOLATILE STORAGE; PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANTS; SATELLITES; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 11244270476     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2004.1368025     Document Type: Conference Paper

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