The ion-induced gate edge effect and excess charge collection effect present in GaAs MESFETs are not present in InP and GaAs HFETs. An SEU (single event upset) characterization study shows that these devices can provide an SEU rate which is lower than that of unhardened CMOS
Published in:
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:39
,
Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication: Dec 1992