Nuclear Reaction Models Responsible for Simulation of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in Microelectronics
Abstract
Terrestrial neutron-induced soft errors in MOSFETs from a 65 nm down to a 25 nm design rule are analyzed by means of multi-scale Monte Carlo simulation using the PHITS-HyENEXSS code system. Nuclear reaction models implemented in PHITS code are validated by comparisons with experimental data. From the analysis of calculated soft error rates, it is clarified that secondary He and H ions provide a major impact on soft errors with decreasing critical charge. It is also found that the high energy component from 10 MeV up to several hundreds of MeV in secondary cosmic-ray neutrons has the most significant source of soft errors regardless of design rule.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 22436737
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal Name:
- Nuclear Data Sheets
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 120; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2014 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0090-3752
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; COSMIC RADIATION; HYDROGEN IONS; MEV RANGE 100-1000; MEV RANGE 10-100; MICROELECTRONICS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; MOSFET; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS
Citation Formats
Watanabe, Y., E-mail: watanabe@aees.kyushu-u.ac.jp, and Abe, S. Nuclear Reaction Models Responsible for Simulation of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in Microelectronics. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1016/J.NDS.2014.07.060.
Watanabe, Y., E-mail: watanabe@aees.kyushu-u.ac.jp, & Abe, S. Nuclear Reaction Models Responsible for Simulation of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in Microelectronics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NDS.2014.07.060
Watanabe, Y., E-mail: watanabe@aees.kyushu-u.ac.jp, and Abe, S. 2014.
"Nuclear Reaction Models Responsible for Simulation of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in Microelectronics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.NDS.2014.07.060.
@article{osti_22436737,
title = {Nuclear Reaction Models Responsible for Simulation of Neutron-induced Soft Errors in Microelectronics},
author = {Watanabe, Y., E-mail: watanabe@aees.kyushu-u.ac.jp and Abe, S.},
abstractNote = {Terrestrial neutron-induced soft errors in MOSFETs from a 65 nm down to a 25 nm design rule are analyzed by means of multi-scale Monte Carlo simulation using the PHITS-HyENEXSS code system. Nuclear reaction models implemented in PHITS code are validated by comparisons with experimental data. From the analysis of calculated soft error rates, it is clarified that secondary He and H ions provide a major impact on soft errors with decreasing critical charge. It is also found that the high energy component from 10 MeV up to several hundreds of MeV in secondary cosmic-ray neutrons has the most significant source of soft errors regardless of design rule.},
doi = {10.1016/J.NDS.2014.07.060},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22436737},
journal = {Nuclear Data Sheets},
issn = {0090-3752},
number = ,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014},
month = {Sun Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2014}
}
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