Title
Single-event multiple transients in guard-ring hardened inverter chains of different layout designs.
Abstract
Single-event multiple transients (SEMTs) measurement based on an on-chip self-triggered method is performed. Measurement results for guard-ring hardened inverter chains of two layout designs, including a source/drain sharing design and a conventional design, are compared under pulsed laser irradiation. Pulsed laser exposures with different energies show that the guard-ring hardened inverter chain with a source/drain sharing design is more sensitive to single-event double transients (SEDTs). It is found that SEDTs with small temporal differences can be merged into single-event single transients (SESTs) thanks to the pulse broadening effect. A layout-hardened design for SEDTs in the guard-ring hardened inverter chain is also suggested.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1016/j.microrel.2018.06.014
Microelectronics Reliability
Keywords
Field
DocType
Inverter chain,Layout design,Pulsed laser beam,Single-event multiple transients (SEMTs),Single-event transient (SET) pulse width
Inverter,Irradiation,Electronic engineering,Guard ring,Pulsed laser,Engineering,Pulse broadening,Optoelectronics
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
87
0026-2714
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
4
11
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wen Zhao100.34
Chaohui He283.65
Wei Chen300.34
Rongmei Chen400.34
Peitian Cong500.34
Fengqi Zhang611.42
Zujun Wang700.68
chen shen810317.21
Lisang Zheng910.75
Xiaoqiang Guo1093.90
Lili Ding1101.35