Qualification methodology for sub-micron ICs at the low noise underground laboratory of rustrel

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 2148-2153

  Lesea, Austin ^a   Castellani Coulié, Karine ^b   Waysand, Georges ^c   Le Mauff, Joel ^a   Sudre, Christophe ^d  

^a XILINX INC   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c Avignon University la Grande Combe   (France)

^d Technoparc de l'Aubinière ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Alpha contamination; Field programmable gate array (FPGA); Low noise; Real time testing; SER; Underground test

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CONTAMINATION; FIELD-PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAY (FPGA); LOW NOISE; REAL TIME TESTING; SER; UNDERGROUND TEST;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS (FPGA);

EID: 53349089728     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2008.2000863     Document Type: Conference Paper

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