An Electron-Beam Dose Deposition Experiment: TIGER 1-D Simulation Code versus Thermoluminescent Dosimetry

Abstract

The dose absorbed in an integrated circuit (IC) die exposed to a pulse of low-energy electrons is a strong function of both electron energy and surrounding packaging materials. This report describes an experiment designed to measure how well the Integrated TIGER Series one-dimensional (1-D) electron transport simulation program predicts dose correction factors for a state-of- the-art IC package and package/printed circuit board (PCB) combination. These derived factors are compared with data obtained experimentally using thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD's) and the FX-45 flash x-ray machine (operated in electron-beam (e-beam) mode). The results of this experiment show that the TIGER 1-D simulation code can be used to accurately predict FX-45 e-beam dose deposition correction factors for reasonably complex IC packaging configurations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA234507

Entities

People

  • Charles T. Self
  • Charles W. Tipton
  • Steven R. Murrill

Organizations

  • Harry Diamond Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circuit Boards
  • Circuits
  • Dose Rate
  • Dosimeters
  • Dosimetry
  • Electron Beams
  • Electronics
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials
  • Printed Circuit Boards
  • Printed Circuits
  • Radiation
  • Simulations
  • Solid State Electronics
  • Test Facilities
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems