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Title: A simple algorithm for predicting proton SEU rates in space compared to the rates measured on the CRRES satellite

Abstract

A new simulation code, the Clemson Omnidirectional Spallation Model for Interaction in Circuits (COSMIC), is described and its predictions agree with SEU data from four devices flown as part of the microelectronics package experiment on the CRRES satellite. The code uses CUPID for determining the energy depositions in the sensitive volumes; it allows proton exposures with arbitrary angles of incidence including random omnidirectional exposure; and the user specifies the thickness of shielding on six sides of the sensitive volume. COSMIC is used as part of an algorithm developed to predict the rate proton induced single event upsets occur in the space radiation environment given by AP-8. In testing the algorithm, the position coordinates are taken from the satellite's ephemeris data, but calculations based on position coordinates from orbital codes were also in agreement with the measured values.

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Clemson Univ., SC (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  2. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6558990
Report Number(s):
CONF-940726-
Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9499; CODEN: IETNAE
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 41:6Pt1; Conference: 31. annual international nuclear and space radiation effects conference, Tucson, AZ (United States), 18-22 Jul 1994; Journal ID: ISSN 0018-9499
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; C CODES; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; FORECASTING; SPACE FLIGHT; COMPUTER CODES; ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; EVALUATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; 440200* - Radiation Effects on Instrument Components, Instruments, or Electronic Systems

Citation Formats

Reed, R A, McNulty, P J, Beauvais, W J, Abdel-Kader, W G, Stassinopoulos, E G, and Barth, J C.L. A simple algorithm for predicting proton SEU rates in space compared to the rates measured on the CRRES satellite. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Reed, R A, McNulty, P J, Beauvais, W J, Abdel-Kader, W G, Stassinopoulos, E G, & Barth, J C.L. A simple algorithm for predicting proton SEU rates in space compared to the rates measured on the CRRES satellite. United States.
Reed, R A, McNulty, P J, Beauvais, W J, Abdel-Kader, W G, Stassinopoulos, E G, and Barth, J C.L. 1994. "A simple algorithm for predicting proton SEU rates in space compared to the rates measured on the CRRES satellite". United States.
@article{osti_6558990,
title = {A simple algorithm for predicting proton SEU rates in space compared to the rates measured on the CRRES satellite},
author = {Reed, R A and McNulty, P J and Beauvais, W J and Abdel-Kader, W G and Stassinopoulos, E G and Barth, J C.L.},
abstractNote = {A new simulation code, the Clemson Omnidirectional Spallation Model for Interaction in Circuits (COSMIC), is described and its predictions agree with SEU data from four devices flown as part of the microelectronics package experiment on the CRRES satellite. The code uses CUPID for determining the energy depositions in the sensitive volumes; it allows proton exposures with arbitrary angles of incidence including random omnidirectional exposure; and the user specifies the thickness of shielding on six sides of the sensitive volume. COSMIC is used as part of an algorithm developed to predict the rate proton induced single event upsets occur in the space radiation environment given by AP-8. In testing the algorithm, the position coordinates are taken from the satellite's ephemeris data, but calculations based on position coordinates from orbital codes were also in agreement with the measured values.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6558990}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)},
issn = {0018-9499},
number = ,
volume = 41:6Pt1,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1994},
month = {Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1994}
}

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