A GEANT-based model for single event upsets in SRAM FPGAs for use in on-detector electronics

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Abstract

A model is developed to calculate expected Single Event Upset rates in Xilinx's line of radiation-hardened field programmable gate array (FPGA) offerings for the radiation environment at the PHENIX experiment on the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The results of this model are compared to an experiment carried out at PHENIX, where actual upset data was obtained. Specific attention is given to unique features of the model, including major sources of "secondary" radiation flux.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1684111
Pages (from-to)2353-2360
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume53
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2006
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Field programmable gate arrays (FPGA)
  • Radiation effects
  • Single event effects
  • Single event upset modeling

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