Proton Radiation Effects in XC4036XLA Field Programmable Gate Arrays

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 263-271

  Buchanan, N J ^a   Gingrich, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs); proton radiation; radiation effects; single event effects (SEEs); single event upsets (SEUs)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008035292     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2003.809468     Document Type: Article

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