The Para Radiation Effects Current Simulator

Abstract

The Parametric Analysis of Radiation effects software development is given the general title PARA. This report describes the development of algorithms and source codes for the simulation of radiation effects on CMOS ICs. The project concentrated on the simulation of total dose effects and the ways to establish/predict the operational lifetime and radiation tolerance of ICs. The switch level simulator incorporates the capability to assign bias dependent post-irradiation drive parameters to transistors within a microcircuit and to calculate propagation delays based on those parameters. This permits test vectors to be assigned based on worst case post-irradiation propagation delays.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA248652

Entities

People

  • Bharat Bhuva
  • Sherra Kerns

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

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  • Cell Physiological Processes
  • Circuits
  • Computer Programs
  • Databases
  • Digital Circuits
  • Engineers
  • Fabrication
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
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  • Hash Tables
  • Logic Gates
  • Radiation
  • Radiation Effects
  • Simulations
  • Simulators
  • United States
  • Very Large Scale Integration

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics