Layout Technique for Single-Event Transient Mitigation via Pulse Quenching

N. M. Atkinson, Arthur F. Witulski, W.T. Holman, Jonathan R. Ahlbin, B. L. Bhuva, L. W. Massengill

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science · 2011 · 97 citations · 11 references

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Abstract

A layout technique that exploits single-event transient pulse quenching to mitigate transients in combinational logic is presented. TCAD simulations show as much as 60% reduction in sensitive area and 70% reduction in pulse width for some logic cells.

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