Effects of heavy ion exposure on nanocrystal nonvolatile memory

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2366-2371

  Oldham, Timothy R ^a,b   Suhail, Mohammed ^c   Kuhn, Peter ^c   Prinz, Erwin ^c   Kim, Hak S ^d   LaBel, Kenneth A ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b QSS GROUP INC   (United States)

^c FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

^d Aerospace Engineering Division   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Component; Electronics; Nanocrystals; Nonvolatile memory; Radiation effects

Indexed keywords

HEAVY ION BOMBARDMENT; NANOCRYSTALS; NONVOLATILE MEMORY;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HEAVY IONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SPACECRAFT;

NONVOLATILE STORAGE;

EID: 29544445110     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2005.860723     Document Type: Conference Paper

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