SEE-inducing effects of cosmic rays at the high-altitude research station jungfraujoch compared to accelerated test data

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

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Torok Z ^a   Platt, S P ^a   Xiao, Cai Xiao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charge coupled devices; Cosmic rays; Dosimetry; Environmental radiation effects; Neutron radiation effects; Radiation detectors; Semiconductor device radiation effects

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTS; ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION EFFECTS; HIGH ALTITUDE; NEUTRON RADIATION EFFECTS; RESEARCH STATIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE RADIATION EFFECTS;

COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON IRRADIATION; NEUTRONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SECONDARY EMISSION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 70449595760     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADECS.2007.5205550     Document Type: Conference Paper

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