TRANSIENT RADIATION EFFECTS ON ELECTRONICS.

Abstract

Certain missile electronic circuits using Shockley diodes, silicon-controlled switches, and silicon-controlled rectifiers were irradiated to determine the threshold dose rates for transient effects and to evaluate hardening techniques. This effort has resulted in the design of firing circuits that cannot be initiated by available test levels of gamma radiation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0429358

Entities

People

  • J. L. Hill

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuits
  • Diodes
  • Dose Rate
  • Electronic Circuits
  • Electronics
  • Firing Circuits
  • Gamma Rays
  • Power Electronics
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Rectifiers
  • Silicon Controlled Rectifiers
  • Solid State Electronics

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics