A new method of neutron soft error rate calculation derived from device simulations and nuclear physics results is presented. The main inputs are only a critical linear energy transfer, a critical charge, and layout dimensions. No classical sensitive volume size is needed because the extension of the sensitive region is described in terms of the variation of the ion efficacy versus its position with respect to the sensitive drain
Published in:
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:48
,
Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication: Dec 2001