The Impact of Soft Error on C-Elements Due to Process Corner Variation and Temperature

Authors

  • Norhuzaimin Julai Department of Electrical and Electronics, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33736/jaspe.167.2015

Keywords:

Soft Error, Process Variation, Temperature.

Abstract

This paper presents current injection resemble single event upset (SEU) current at the vulnerable nodes on different configurations of C-elements under two different scenarios: process corner and temperature. The objectives are to identify the vulnerable nodes due to SEU and to find the critical charges needed to flip the output from low to high (0-1) and high to low (1-0) on different configurations of C-elements. The comparisons of C-elements in term of the resistivity toward soft error are presented.

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Published

2015-09-30

How to Cite

Julai, N. (2015). The Impact of Soft Error on C-Elements Due to Process Corner Variation and Temperature. Journal of Applied Science &Amp; Process Engineering, 2(2), 83–96. https://doi.org/10.33736/jaspe.167.2015