累积辐照影响静态随机存储器单粒子翻转敏感性的仿真研究

基于解析分析对比了大尺寸与深亚微米尺度下静态随机存取存储器(static random access memory, SRAM)单元单粒子翻转敏感性的表征值及引入累积辐照后的变化趋势. 同时借助仿真模拟计算了0.18 μm工艺对应的六管SRAM单元在对应不同累积剂量情况下, 离子分别入射不同中心单管时的电学响应变化, 计算结果与解析分析所得推论相一致, 即只有当累积辐照阶段与单粒子作用阶段存储相反数值时, SRAM单元的单粒子翻转敏感性才会增强. 关键词： 累积辐照 单粒子翻转 静态随机存储器 器件仿真     

随机静态存储器低能中子单粒子翻转效应

 建立了中子单粒子翻转可视化分析方法,对不同特征尺寸（0.13~1.50 μm）CMOS工艺商用随机静态存储器(SRAM)器件开展了反应堆中子单粒子翻转效应的实验研究,获得了SRAM器件的裂变谱中子单粒子翻转截面随特征尺寸变化的变化趋势。研究结果表明:SRAM器件的特征尺寸越小,其对低能中子导致的单粒子翻转的敏感性越高。     

中子单粒子效应研究现状及进展

回顾了中子单粒子研究的国内外发展情况,介绍了近几年西北核技术研究所在西安脉冲堆开展的低能中子单粒子效应研究进展。比较了稳态与脉冲工况下中子单粒子效应的异同性;分析了含有SRAM结构器件随着特征尺寸的减小,中子单粒子效应敏感性加剧的物理机制。分析认为目前中子单粒子效应已成为小尺寸大规模互补金属氧化物半导体器件的主要中子效应表现;中子辐射效应研究中,除了位移损伤效应以外还必需重视由中子电离造成的中子单粒子效应。     

电离总剂量对纳米SRAM器件单粒子翻转敏感性的影响

电离总剂量（TID）与单粒子效应（SEE）是纳米SRAM器件在航天应用中的主要威胁。随着CMOS工艺的进步,两种辐射效应在纳米SRAM器件中的协同效应出现了一些新现象,有必要进一步开展深入研究。利用γ射线以及不同种类重离子对两款纳米SRAM器件开展了辐照实验,研究了不同辐照参数、测试模式以及数据图形条件下,电离总剂量对单粒子翻转（SEU）敏感性的影响。研究结果表明,γ射线辐照过后,存储单元中反相器开关阈值减小,漏电流增大,导致SRAM存储单元抗翻转能力降低,SEU截面有明显增大;未观察到"印记效应",数据图形对测试结果没有明显影响;多位翻转（MBU）比例无明显变化。     

静态随机存储器单粒子翻转效应三维数值模拟

针对特征尺寸为1.5 μm的国产静态随机存储器（SRAM）,构建了三维SRAM存储单元模型,并对重离子引起的SRAM单粒子翻转效应进行了数值模拟.计算并分析了单粒子引起的单粒子翻转和电荷收集的物理图像,得到了SRAM器件的单粒子翻转截面曲线.单粒子翻转的数值模拟结果与重离子微束、重离子宽束实验结果比较一致,表明所建立的三维器件模型可以用来研究SRAM器件的单粒子翻转效应. 关键词： 三维数值模拟 单粒子翻转 微束 宽束     

静态单粒子翻转截面的获取及分类

 为了评估静态随机访问存储器(SRAM)型现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)器件的单粒子效应,寻求单粒子翻转敏感部位,以XCV300PQ240为实验样品,利用重离子辐照装置详细测试了该器件的静态翻转截面,并根据配置存储单元用途的不同,对翻转数据进行了分类。结果表明：SRAM型FPGA的内部存储单元对单粒子翻转效应十分敏感;配置存储器翻转主要由查找表(LUT)及互连线资控制位造成,这两者的翻转占总翻转数的97.46%;配置存储器中各类资源的单粒子翻转(SEU)敏感性并不一致,输入输出端口(IOB)控制位和LUT的单粒子翻转的敏感性远高于其它几类资源,但LUT在配置存储器中占有很大比例,在加固时应予以重点考虑。     

质子与金属布线层核反应对微纳级静态随机存储器单粒子效应的影响分析

金属布线层对微纳级静态随机存储器(static random access memory, SRAM) 质子单粒子效应敏感性的影响值得关注. 利用Geant4针对不同能量(30 MeV, 100 MeV, 200 MeV和500 MeV)的质子与微纳级SRAM器件的核反应过程开展计算, 研究了核反应次级粒子的种类、线性能量传输值(linear energy transfer, LET)及射程情况, 尤其对高LET 值的核反应次级粒子及其射程开展了详细分析. 研究表明, 金属布线层的存在和质子能量的增大为原子序数大于或等于30的重核次级粒子的产生创造了条件, 器件体硅区中原子序数大于60的重核离子来源于质子与钨材料的核反应, 核反应过程中的特殊作用机理会生成原子序数在30至50之间的次级粒子, 且质子能量的增大有助于这种作用机理的发生, 原子序数在30至50之间的次级粒子在器件体硅区的LET值最大约为37 MeV·cm²/mg, 相应射程可达到几微米, 对于阱深在微米量级的微纳级SRAM器件而言, 有引发单粒子闩锁的可能. 研究结果为空间辐射环境中宇航器件的质子单粒子效应研究提供理论支撑.     

纳米DDR SRAM器件重离子单粒子效应试验研究

针对90 nm和65 nm DDR（双倍数率）SRAM器件,开展与纳米尺度SRAM单粒子效应相关性的试验研究。分析了特征尺寸、测试图形、离子入射角度、工作电压等不同试验条件对单粒子翻转（SEU）的影响和效应规律,并对现有试验方法的可行性进行了分析。研究表明:特征尺寸减小导致翻转截面降低,测试图形和工作电压对器件单粒子翻转截面影响不大;随着入射角度增加,多位翻转的增加导致器件SEU截面有所增大;余弦倾角的试验方法对于纳米器件的适用性与离子种类和线性能量转移（LET）值相关,具有很大的局限性。     

基于重离子试验数据预测纳米加固静态随机存储器质子单粒子效应敏感性

为实现对纳米DICE (dual interlocked cell)加固器件抗质子单粒子能力的准确评估,通过对65 nm双DICE加固静态随机存储器(static random access memory, SRAM)重离子单粒子翻转试验数据的分析,获取了其在重离子垂直和倾角入射时的单粒子翻转(single event upset, SEU)阈值以及离子入射最劣方位角,并结合蒙卡仿真获取不同能量质子与器件多层金属布线层发生核反应产生的次级粒子LET(linear energy transfer)值最大值以及角度分布特性,对器件在不同能量下的质子单粒子效应敏感性进行了预测,质子单粒子效应实验结果验证了预测方法的有效性以及预测结果的准确性,并提出针对DICE加固类器件在重离子和质子单粒子效应试验评估中均应开展离子最劣方位角下的倾角入射试验.     

一种改进的SRAM单粒子效应检测系统

中国科学院近代物理研究所材料研究中心开展了对静态随机存储器(Static Random Access Memory,SRAM)单粒子效应(Single Event Effects,SEEs)的深入研究。材料中心目前拥有的两套SRAM单粒子检测系统各自具有一定的局限性,所以又提出了一种改进的SRAM SEE检测方法,并研制了相关电路。该检测系统在兰州重离子研究装置(HIRFL)提供的束流辐射终端上进行了多次实验,获得了一批实验数据。其中包括129Xe束流辐照条件下,对65 nm SRAM单粒子翻转的研究;12C束流辐照条件下,对65,130和150 nm商用错误纠正编码加固SRAM SEE的研究;129Xe束流辐照条件下,对普通商用SRAM单粒子锁定的研究等。实验验证了该检测系统的有效性和可靠性,为开展SRAM SEE的研究提供了重要的检测平台,并为以后开展更复杂器件SEE的研究提供了实验经验和技术基础。     

Development of human hand phantom containing radiophotoluminescence material

A radiophotoluminescence (RPL) material with high radiation sensitivity was made of polyurethane resin, silver-activated metaphosphate glass particles, and hollow glass microspheres. The density was adjusted to be 1.1 g/cm³ by controlling the amount of hollow glass microspheres. The response to high-energy photons over 100 keV was similar to that of the tissue-equivalent material (polymethylmethacrylate) because the two electron densities were similar. The RPL response had satisfactory linearity in the dose range from 10 to 6 × 10⁴ mGy.An RPL scanner for three-dimensional (3-D) dose measurement was composed of an XYZθ motorized stage, a UV pulse laser, a gated photomultiplier tube (PMT), a red-laser displacement sensor, and an integrating ammeter. The surface profile was measured by the red-laser-displacement sensor. The UV laser was used as an excitation source, and the RPL responses were effectively detected with the gated PMT.An RPL material hand phantom was fabricated to understand the extremity dosimetry of a radiation worker's hand. The hand phantom was exposed to X-rays, and its surface dose profile was obtained by the RPL scanner. Subsequently, the hand phantom was sliced into dozens of square plates using a diamond wire saw. Each inner dose profile was obtained with the RPL scanner. The inner dose profiles were roughly consistent with the computational simulation results. These results indicated that RPL imaging of the hand phantom was useful to understand extremity dosimetry.     

A preliminary study of the performance of a novel design of multi-element tissue equivalent proportional counter for neutron monitoring

In this study we investigate the dependence of the sensitivity of a TEPC upon its surface area and demonstrate that a compact multi-element tissue equivalent proportional counter (METEPC) has a counting sensitivity comparable to a commercially available 12.7 cm (5 inch) diameter spherical TEPC. The METEPC incorporates 61 cylindrical counting volumes of internal diameter of 0.5 cm and height 5 cm, machined in a single block of tissue equivalent plastic. It is the simplest design available in the multi-element geometrical configuration and is approximately nine times smaller in volume than that of a conventional 12.7 cm spherical TEPC. The neutron sensitivity of commercially available TEPCs and the METEPC simulating a 2 μm tissue site size was examined experimentally using the McMaster University 1.25 MV double stage Tandetron accelerator, which produces low energy neutrons via the ⁷Li(p, n)⁷Be reaction. The mean energy of the neutron beams produced ranged from 34 keV to 354 keV. The results presented in this study suggests that the compact METEPC is able to produce measurements in low dose rate radiation environments with the same precision in a given length of time as could be obtained with a 12.7 cm diameter spherical TEPC.     

Polyamide woven fabrics with 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride or nitro blue tetrazolium chloride as 2D ionizing radiation dosimeters

The development of flat woven fabric-based ionizing radiation 2D dosimeters is reported in this work. Polyamide fabric was surface modified with radiation-sensitive 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) or nitro blue tetrazolium chloride (NBT). These samples responded to gamma radiation of ⁶⁰Co through a colour change: red and blue for TTC and NBT, respectively. The tinge intensity was observed to depend on the absorbed dose, which allowed for the reflectance of light (R) measurements and calculation of the calibration parameters: dose range, quasi-linear range, threshold dose and sensitivity. Oxygen was shown to be an important factor determining the dose response of the samples. For this reason, a range of additional modifications to the TTC- and NBT-polyamide fabric was proposed which lead to a decrease in the threshold dose and increase in the sensitivity to irradiation of the samples. For instance, a dosimeter made of polyamide fabric modified with 10 g/dm³ TTC, 0.5 mol/dm³ tert-butyl alcohol, 7.5% gelatine hydrogel at pH 10 (vacuum packed) showed the lowest dose threshold (50 Gy), dose range up to 2.8 kGy and the highest sensitivity to irradiation (?0.0396%/Gy) among the compositions studied. In consequence, this dosimeter was examined in terms of response to inhomogeneous irradiation from a ¹⁹²Ir brachytherapy radiation source. The relative dose distribution profiles across the source's longitudinal axis were calculated. This showed potential of the textile dosimeters for 2D dose distribution measurements; however, further modifications towards improvement of the dosimeter's low dose response can be considered.     

Ionizing radiation effect on single event upset sensitivity of ferroelectric random access memory

The impact of ionizing radiation effect on single event upset(SEU) sensitivity of ferroelectric random access memory(FRAM) is studied in this work. The test specimens were firstly subjected to ~(60)Co γ-ray and then the SEU evaluation was conducted using ~(209)Bi ions. As a result of TID-induced fatigue-like and imprint-like phenomena of the ferroelectric material, the SEU cross sections of the post-irradiated devices shift substantially. Different trends of SEU cross section with elevated dose were also found, depending on whether the same or complementary test pattern was employed during the TID exposure and the SEU measurement.     

The influence of space irradiated PIN photodetector on BER in satellite laser communication system

By analyzing the radiation dose on PIN photodetectors in space radiation environment, the variation of photocurrent and dark current after radiation is obtained. On the basis, the bit error rate of satellite laser communication based on space radiation dose of PIN photodetectors is established. According to simulation, when radiation dose is about 1.6 × 10³ Gy and 7 × 10⁴ Gy, bit error rate reaches 10⁻⁶ induced by 50 MeV and 10 MeV protons separately; and when radiation dose is within the range of 5 × 10 Gy–6 × 10⁵ Gy, electrons and gamma-ray irradiation also cause increase in bit error rate to 10⁻⁶. The principle of damage dose on bit error rate is investigated, and the influence of decision threshold on bit error rate is further discussed. The result shows that when radiation dose is 1 MGy, if decision threshold is increased from 4.3 × 10⁻⁷ A to 5.5 × 10⁻⁷ A, bit error rate will decrease about 4 orders of magnitude. Hence, a proper decision threshold can improve system bit error rate efficiently.     

Determination of Very Slow Diffusion of Paramagnetic Ions by NMR Spectroscopy

In this paper, we propose a new method of measuring the very slow paramagnetic ion diffusion coefficient using a commercial high-resolution spectrometer. If there are distinct paramagnetic ions influencing the hydrogen nuclear magnetic relaxation time differently, their diffusion coefficients can be measured separately. A cylindrical phantom filled with Fricke xylenol gel solution and irradiated with gamma rays was used to validate the method. The Fricke xylenol gel solution was prepared with 270 Bloom porcine gelatin, the phantom was irradiated with gamma rays originated from a ⁶⁰Co source and a high-resolution 200 MHz nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer was used to obtain the phantom ¹H profile in the presence of a linear magnetic field gradient. By observing the temporal evolution of the phantom NMR profile, an apparent ferric ion diffusion coefficient of 0.50 μm²/ms due to ferric ions diffusion was obtained. In any medical process where the ionizing radiation is used, the dose planning and the dose delivery are the key elements for the patient safety and success of treatment. These points become even more important in modern conformal radio therapy techniques, such as stereotactic radiosurgery, where the delivered dose in a single session of treatment can be an order of magnitude higher than the regular doses of radiotherapy. Several methods have been proposed to obtain the three-dimensional (3-D) dose distribution. Recently, we proposed an alternative method for the 3-D radiation dose mapping, where the ionizing radiation modifies the local relative concentration of Fe²⁺/Fe³⁺ in a phantom containing Fricke gel and this variation is associated to the MR image intensity. The smearing of the intensity gradient is proportional to the diffusion coefficient of the Fe³⁺ and Fe²⁺ in the phantom. There are several methods for measurement of the ionic diffusion using NMR, however, they are applicable when the diffusion is not very slow.     

Luminescence and ESR characteristics of γ-irradiated Lu3Al5O12:Ce single crystalline film scintillators

The influence of γ-irradiation with a dose of ～10⁴ Gy on the characteristics of LuAG:Ce single crystalline films (SCF) was investigated using ESR and time-resolved luminescence spectroscopy under excitation by synchrotron radiation with the energies ranging from 3.7 to 12 eV. The origin of γ-ray induced radiation defects in LuAG:Ce SCF is discussed.     

Electrical and dosimetric characterization of a CVD diamond detector with high sensitivity

A prototype detector has been built using commercial high quality single crystal epitaxial diamond and novel electrical contacts resulting in two asymmetric Schottky junctions able to operate the detector at zero bias like a photodiode. Aiming at evaluating the detector suitability for radiotherapy applications we report on results related to signal dynamics, linearity with the dose and dose rate, signal stability and measurement repeatability determined in a Co-60 reference beam. In addition, we measured the detector sensitivity and its dependence on the applied bias voltage. The detector has a wide active volume leading to high current signal values. The signal dynamics is wide, with a dark current of 3.2 × 10⁻¹⁴ A at zero bias and a current of 6.8 × 10⁻¹⁰ A under irradiation with a dose rate of 0.95 Gy min⁻¹. The sensitivity to ionizing radiation increases with the bias voltage and values up to 10⁴ nC Gy⁻¹ mm⁻³ have been evaluated at −300 V. When operated at −5 V, the detector shows a linear response on a wide range of Co-60 dose rates from 1.3 × 10⁻³ Gy min⁻¹ to 1.2 Gy min⁻¹ following the Fowler's power law with a coefficient Δ = 0.99 ± 0.01. The device also shows rise and fall times of less than 1.0 s with a stability of the signal under irradiation better than 0.3%. The characteristics of the detector, as determined in the Co-60 beam, appear suitable for radiotherapy dosimetry, when fast response on the transient, wide signal dynamics, linearity and high sensitivity are required.     

Thermoluminescence of B2O3-Li2O glass system doped with MgO

Lithium borate (LiB) glasses in the system (100−x)B₂O₃-xLi₂O with x=20, 30, 40, 50, 60 and 70 mol% were prepared. The glasses were doped with different concentrations of the order of 10⁻¹, 10⁻², 10⁻³, 10⁻⁴ and 10⁻⁵ of MgO and their thermoluminescent (TL) response was investigated. The irradiations were performed using γ rays from a ⁶⁰Co source in the dose range from 0.1 to 25 kGy. The material displayed good sensitivity for γ-rays and intensity of TL signals is dependent on γ-ray dose and Li₂O content. For each dose level and investigated temperature range (50-350 °C), exactly single isolated glow peak appears in the temperature range of 165-205 °C depending on both Li₂O concentrations and time of exposure. The shape of the glow peak has altered significantly with increase in the gamma ray dose or Li₂O concentrations. The glass composition with x=50 mol% doped with 10⁻³ mol% of MgO presented the best TL response. The results of the present study indicated that the recorded single and isolated high temperature peak is a good candidate for TL dosimetric investigations. This indicates that 50 B₂O₃-50Li₂O-doped with 10⁻³ mol% of MgO is possibly used as materials for radiation dosimetry in the dose range of 0.1-20 kGy.     

Experimental investigation of pre-irradiation effect on radiation sensitivity of temperature sensing fiber Bragg gratings

The effect of pre-irradiation on radiation sensitivity of fiber Bragg gratings(FBGs) is verified experimentally.FBGs are fabricated in photosensitive optical fibers and single mode fibers with Ge-concentration in a range from 3 mol% to 23.37 mol% in the core.In experiments,the FBGs are subjected to twice γ-radiation exposures to a Co60 source at a dose-rate of 0.1 Gy/s up to a total dose of 50 kGy.Pre-irradiation treatment can reduce the temperature sensitivity variation of FBGs by 18.12%-35.91%,as well as Bragg wavelength shift(BWS) by 8%-27.08 %.Our research demonstrates that pre-irradiation treatment is a feasible method to improve the radiation tolerance of FBGs.