New insights into single event transient propagation in chains of inverters - Evidence for propagation-induced pulse broadening

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2338-2346

  Ferlet Cavrois, V ^a,b   Paillet, P ^a,b   McMorrow, D ^a,c   Fel, N ^a,b   Baggio, J ^a,b   Girard, S ^a,b   Duhamel, O ^b   Melinger, J S ^c   Gaillardin, M ^a,d   Schwank, J R ^a,e   Dodd, P E ^a,e   Shaneyfelt, M R ^a,e   Felix, J A ^a,e  

^a IEEE   (France)

^b CEA DIF   (France)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d IMEP LAHC   (France)

^e SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Chains of inverters; Digital single event transients; Heavy ion and pulsed laser irradiation; Propagation induced pulse broadening (PIPB) effect; SET propagation; SET width

Indexed keywords

CHAINS OF INVERTERS; DIGITAL SINGLE EVENT TRANSIENTS; PROPAGATION-INDUCED PULSE BROADENING (PIPB) EFFECT; PULSED LASER IRRADIATION;

HEAVY IONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC INVERTERS;

EID: 37249079736     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.910202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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