Single Event Effect Assessment of a 1-Mbit Commercial Magneto-resistive Random Access Memory (MRAM)

Abstract

Single event effect susceptibility of a 1-Mbit commercial MRAM was experimentally evaluated. The memory exhibited SEFIs when operated in a dynamic mode with an LET threshold of 2.29 MeV.cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /mg and a saturated cross section of 2.2×10 <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">-4</sup> cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> /device. The memory was not sensitive to SEL, SEU or MBUs.