SEUs induced by thermal to high-energy neutrons in SRAMs

Proceedings of the European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems, RADECS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Granlund, Thomas ^a,b   Olsson, Nils ^c  

^a SAAB AB   (Sweden)

^b AerotechTelub AB ^*  (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; NUCLEAR REACTORS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SEA LEVEL; STATIC RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; URANIUM POWDER METALLURGY; WATER LEVELS;

EUROPEAN; HIGH ALTITUDES; HIGH ENERGY NEUTRONS; THERMAL NEUTRONS; VANCOUVER;

NEUTRONS;

EID: 48349091376     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADECS.2005.4365587     Document Type: Conference Paper

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