中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (6): 66105-066105.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/6/066105

• CONDENSED MATTER: STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, AND THERMAL PROPERTIES • 上一篇    下一篇

Mechanisms of atmospheric neutron-induced single event upsets in nanometric SOI and bulk SRAM devices based on experiment-verified simulation tool

Zhi-Feng Lei(雷志锋), Zhan-Gang Zhang(张战刚), Yun-Fei En(恩云飞), Yun Huang(黄云)   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials & Application Technology of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411100, China;
    2 Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application of Electronic Component Laboratory, China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute, Guangzhou 510610, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-02-12 修回日期:2018-03-12 出版日期:2018-06-05 发布日期:2018-06-05
  • 通讯作者: Zhan-Gang Zhang, Yun-Fei En E-mail:zhangangzhang@163.com;enyf@ceprei.com
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11505033),the Science and Technology Research Project of Guangdong Province,China (Grant Nos.2015B090901048 and 2017B090901068),and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangzhou,China (Grant No.201707010186).

Mechanisms of atmospheric neutron-induced single event upsets in nanometric SOI and bulk SRAM devices based on experiment-verified simulation tool

Zhi-Feng Lei(雷志锋)1,2, Zhan-Gang Zhang(张战刚)2, Yun-Fei En(恩云飞)2, Yun Huang(黄云)2   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of Low Dimensional Materials & Application Technology of Ministry of Education, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411100, China;
    2 Science and Technology on Reliability Physics and Application of Electronic Component Laboratory, China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute, Guangzhou 510610, China
  • Received:2018-02-12 Revised:2018-03-12 Online:2018-06-05 Published:2018-06-05
  • Contact: Zhan-Gang Zhang, Yun-Fei En E-mail:zhangangzhang@163.com;enyf@ceprei.com
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.11505033),the Science and Technology Research Project of Guangdong Province,China (Grant Nos.2015B090901048 and 2017B090901068),and the Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangzhou,China (Grant No.201707010186).

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摘要：

In this paper, a simulation tool named the neutron-induced single event effect predictive platform (NSEEP2) is proposed to reveal the mechanism of atmospheric neutron-induced single event effect (SEE) in an electronic device, based on heavy-ion data and Monte-Carlo neutron transport simulation. The detailed metallization architecture and sensitive volume topology of a nanometric static random access memory (SRAM) device can be considered to calculate the real-time soft error rate (RTSER) in the applied environment accurately. The validity of this tool is verified by real-time experimental results. In addition, based on the NSEEP2, RTSERs of 90 nm-32 nm silicon on insulator (SOI) and bulk SRAM device under various ambient conditions are predicted and analyzed to evaluate the neutron SEE sensitivity and reveal the underlying mechanism. It is found that as the feature size shrinks, the change trends of neutron SEE sensitivity of bulk and SOI technologies are opposite, which can be attributed to the different MBU performances. The RTSER of bulk technology is always 2.8-64 times higher than that of SOI technology, depending on the technology node, solar activity, and flight height.

关键词: atmospheric neutron, single event effects, soft error rate, Monte-Carlo simulation

Abstract:

In this paper, a simulation tool named the neutron-induced single event effect predictive platform (NSEEP2) is proposed to reveal the mechanism of atmospheric neutron-induced single event effect (SEE) in an electronic device, based on heavy-ion data and Monte-Carlo neutron transport simulation. The detailed metallization architecture and sensitive volume topology of a nanometric static random access memory (SRAM) device can be considered to calculate the real-time soft error rate (RTSER) in the applied environment accurately. The validity of this tool is verified by real-time experimental results. In addition, based on the NSEEP2, RTSERs of 90 nm-32 nm silicon on insulator (SOI) and bulk SRAM device under various ambient conditions are predicted and analyzed to evaluate the neutron SEE sensitivity and reveal the underlying mechanism. It is found that as the feature size shrinks, the change trends of neutron SEE sensitivity of bulk and SOI technologies are opposite, which can be attributed to the different MBU performances. The RTSER of bulk technology is always 2.8-64 times higher than that of SOI technology, depending on the technology node, solar activity, and flight height.

Key words: atmospheric neutron, single event effects, soft error rate, Monte-Carlo simulation

中图分类号:  (Neutron radiation effects)

  • 61.80.Hg
61.82.Fk (Semiconductors) 85.30.Tv (Field effect devices) 02.50.Ng (Distribution theory and Monte Carlo studies)