TY - JOUR
T1 - Soft error rate measurements in semiconductor memories at Pennsylvania State University
AU - Celik, C.
AU - Ünlü, K.
AU - Cetiner, S. M.
AU - Vijaykrishnan, N.
AU - Irwin, M. J.
AU - Xie, Y.
AU - Degalahal, V.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In this paper, initial results of the thermal neutron beam effects that focused only on the effect of 10B fission caused by thermal neutron absorption on soft error rate. For next generation technologies, which will have denser configurations and lower operating voltages, one needs to take into account the high-energy neutron impact on device operation for detailed soft error rate analysis. Currently, fast neutron beam studies are in progress at PSBR to observe the effect of fast neutrons on SER. Fast neutron beam achieved by moving sample to the reactor core peripheral by means of a specially designed handling instrument. The fast neutron flux at the reactor core boundary is 5×1012 neutrons/cm2sec, and thermal flux 1.3×1013 neutrons/cm2sec at 1-MW steady state reactor operation. Furthermore, the reactor can be pulsed approximately 10 msec at FWHM, at which the generated fast neutron flux can be as high as 1×1016 neutrons/cm2sec at the core periphery. Thus, one order of magnitude of acceleration factor can be gained that experiment duration will be shortened.
AB - In this paper, initial results of the thermal neutron beam effects that focused only on the effect of 10B fission caused by thermal neutron absorption on soft error rate. For next generation technologies, which will have denser configurations and lower operating voltages, one needs to take into account the high-energy neutron impact on device operation for detailed soft error rate analysis. Currently, fast neutron beam studies are in progress at PSBR to observe the effect of fast neutrons on SER. Fast neutron beam achieved by moving sample to the reactor core peripheral by means of a specially designed handling instrument. The fast neutron flux at the reactor core boundary is 5×1012 neutrons/cm2sec, and thermal flux 1.3×1013 neutrons/cm2sec at 1-MW steady state reactor operation. Furthermore, the reactor can be pulsed approximately 10 msec at FWHM, at which the generated fast neutron flux can be as high as 1×1016 neutrons/cm2sec at the core periphery. Thus, one order of magnitude of acceleration factor can be gained that experiment duration will be shortened.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:55349107554
SN - 0003-018X
VL - 97
SP - 292
EP - 293
JO - Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
JF - Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
T2 - 2007 Winter Meeting on International Conference on Making the Renaissance Real
Y2 - 11 November 2007 through 15 November 2007
ER -