Heavy ion energy influence on multiple-cell upsets in small sensitive volumes: From standard to high energies

分类： 物理学 >> 核物理学 提交时间： 2024-02-29

Yang Jiao Jie Liu Pei-Xiong Zhao Li-Hua Mo Jin-Hu Yang Yu-Zhu Liu Ya-Nan Yin Liang Wang Qi-Yu Chen Xiao-Yu Yan Shi-Wei Zhao Bo Li You-Mei Sun

摘要： The 28nm process has a high cost-performance ratio and has gradually become the standard for the fieldof radiation-hardened devices. However, owing to the minimum physical gate length of only 35nm, the physicalarea of a standard 6T SRAM unit is approximately 0.16 μm2, resulting in a significant enhancement ofmulti-cell charge-sharing effects. Multiple-cell upsets (MCUs) have become the primary physical mechanismbehind single-event upsets (SEUs) in advanced nanometer node devices. The range of ionization track effectsincreases with higher ion energies, and spacecraft in orbit primarily experience SEUs caused by high-energyions. However, ground accelerator experiments have mainly obtained low-energy ion irradiation data. Therefore,the impact of ion energy on the SEU cross-section, charge collection mechanisms, and MCU patterns andquantities in advanced nanometer devices remains unclear. In this study, based on the experimental platformof the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL), low- and high-energy heavy-ion beams were usedto study the SEUs of 28nm SRAM devices. The influence of ion energy on the charge collection processesof small-sensitive-volume devices, MCU patterns, and upset cross-sections was obtained, and the applicablerange of the inverse-cosine law was clarified. The findings of this study are an important guide for the accurateevaluation of SEUs in advanced nanometer devices and for the development of radiation-hardening techniques.

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