A GENERALIZED SINGLE-EVENT ANALYSIS AND HARDENING OPTIONS FOR MIXED-SIGNAL PHASE-LOCKED LOOP CIRCUITS

A reliability concern of growing interest in the microelectronics community is the deleterious effect of ionizing radiation. The so-called "single events" single particles which can penetrate semiconductor material leaving ionized charge in their wake can cause information corruption and t...

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Main Author: Loveless, Thomas Daniel
Other Authors: Robert A. Reed
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: VANDERBILT 2009
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Online Access:http://etd.library.vanderbilt.edu//available/etd-08262009-132854/