IEICE Transactions on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences
Online ISSN : 1745-1337
Print ISSN : 0916-8508
Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms
Measurement Circuits for Acquiring SET Pulse Width Distribution with Sub-FO1-Inverter-Delay Resolution
Ryo HARADAYukio MITSUYAMAMasanori HASHIMOTOTakao ONOYE
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2010 Volume E93.A Issue 12 Pages 2417-2423

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This paper presents two circuits to measure pulse width distribution of single event transients (SETs). We first review requirements for SET measurement in accelerated neutron radiation test and point out problems of previous works, in terms of time resolution, time/area efficiency for obtaining large samples and certainty in absolute values of pulse width. We then devise two measurement circuits and a pulse generator circuit that satisfy all the requirements and attain sub-FO1-inverter-delay resolution, and propose a measurement procedure for assuring the absolute width values. Operation of one of the proposed circuits was confirmed by a radiation experiment of alpha particles with a fabricated test chip.

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