On the reliability assessment of trench fieldstop IGBT under atmospheric neutron spectrum

Microelectronics Reliability

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-129

  Touboul, A D ^a   Foro, L ^a   Wrobel, F ^a   Saigne F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE POWER; ATMOSPHERIC NEUTRONS; AUTOMOTIVE APPLICATIONS; CURRENT CAPABILITY; FIELDSTOP-IGBT; LATCH-UPS; POWER DEVICES; RADIATION-INDUCED; RELIABILITY ASSESSMENTS; SWITCHING MODES; TRENCH GATES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; EMBEDDED SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS;

NEUTRON IRRADIATION;

EID: 84155171296     PISSN: 00262714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microrel.2011.08.023     Document Type: Conference Paper

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