The effect of negative feedback on single event transient propagation in digital circuits

被引:14
作者
Narasimham, Balaji [1 ]
Bhuva, Bharat L. [1 ]
Holman, William T. [1 ]
Schrimpf, Ronald D. [1 ]
Massengill, Lloyd W. [1 ]
Witulski, Arthur F. [1 ]
Robinson, William H. [1 ]
机构
[1] Vanderbilt Univ, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Nashville, TN 37235 USA
关键词
critical charge; feedback; Miller effect; SER; SET; single event; soft error;
D O I
10.1109/TNS.2006.885380
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Propagation and attenuation of Single Event Transient (SET) pulses in combinational logic circuits are examined. A Miller feedback mechanism that affects the minimum pulse width needed for SET propagation in combinational logic circuits is identified. Analytical models that are,commonly employed to predict the combinational Soft Error Rate (SER) of future integrated circuit (IC) technologies do not include this feed back effect. Inclusion of this effect increases the critical charge required for SET propagation through a combinational logic circuit by more than 30%. This feedback phenomenon reduces the estimated SER, which is sensitive to changes in critical charge, by more than 40%.
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页码:3285 / 3290
页数:6
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