Comparison of Xilinx Virtex-II FPGA SEE sensitivities to protons and heavy ions

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 536, 2004, Pages 273-278

  Koga, R ^a   George, J ^a   Swift, G ^b   Yui, C ^b   Edmonds, L ^b   Carmichael, C ^c   Langley, T ^d   Murray, P ^d   Lanes, K ^e   Napier, M ^e  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c XILINX INC   (United States)

^d SEAKR ENGINEERING INC   (United States)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC NUCLEAR SCATTERING; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER (LET); RECONFIGURABLE COMPUTING (RCC); SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS (SEE);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FUNCTIONS; HEAVY IONS; IONIZATION; PROBABILITY; PROTONS; SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS;

EID: 23844444871     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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