Overview of radiation hardening techniques for IC design

Information Technology Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1068-1080

  Yu, Fa Xin ^a   Liu, Jia Rui ^a   Huang, Zheng Liang ^a   Luo, Hao ^a   Lu, Zhe Ming ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Integrated circuits; Power amplifier; Radiation effects; Radiation hardening techniques; RF power amplifier

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; HARDENING; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROWAVE AMPLIFIERS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIATION; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIATION HARDENING; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO WAVES; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AEROSPACE MARKETS; DAMAGE MECHANISM; DESIGN CHALLENGES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (ICS); MICROWAVE POWER AMPLIFIER; RADIO FREQUENCY POWER; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; SINGLE EVENT EFFECTS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 77954498939     PISSN: 18125638     EISSN: 18125646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/itj.2010.1068.1080     Document Type: Article

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