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Title: Comparison of the radiation hardness of various VLSI technologies for defense applications

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OSTI ID:5948720

In this review the radiation hardness of various potential very large scale (VLSI) IC technologies is evaluated. IC scaling produces several countervailing trends. Reducing vertical dimensions tends to increase total dose hardness, while reducing lateral feature sizes may increase susceptibility to transient radiation effects. It is concluded that during the next decade at least, silicon complimentary MOS (CMOS), perhaps on an insulating substrate (SOI) will be the technology of choice for VLSI in defense systems.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00789
OSTI ID:
5948720
Report Number(s):
SAND-84-2074C; CONF-850586-1; ON: DE85006973
Resource Relation:
Conference: NATO/AGARD symposium, Lisbon, Portugal, 20 May 1985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English