IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Special Section on Solid-State Circuit Design—Architecture, Circuit, Device and Design Methodology
Impact of Cell Distance and Well-contact Density on Neutron-induced Multiple Cell Upsets
Jun FURUTAKazutoshi KOBAYASHIHidetoshi ONODERA
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2015 Volume E98.C Issue 4 Pages 298-303

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We measure neutron-induced Single Event Upsets (SEUs) and Multiple Cell Upsets (MCUs) on Flip-Flops (FFs) in a 65-nm bulk CMOS process in order to evaluate dependence of MCUs on cell distance and well-contact density using four different shift registers. Measurement results by accelerated tests show that MCU/SEU is up to 23.4% and it is exponentially decreased by the distance between latches on FFs. MCU rates can be drastically reduced by inserting well-contact arrays between FFs. The number of MCUs is reduced from 110 to 1 by inserting well-contact arrays under power and ground rails.

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