Soft Errors ― From Particles to Circuits

This book addresses soft errors in digital integrated circuits subjected to the terrestrial natural radiation environment. It details the physical mechanisms at the origin of soft errors and explains how to detect, characterize, and simulate these phenomena in electronic circuits. It offers a practical knowledge and state-of-the-art survey of instrumentation developments in the fields of environment characterization, particle detection, and real-time/accelerated soft error tests, as well as examines recent computational advances and modeling and simulation strategies for the soft error rate estimation in cutting-edge digital circuits.

Jean-Luc Autran is distinguished professor of physics and electrical engineering at Aix-Marseille University and honorary member of the University Institute of France (IUF). He is also deputy director of the Institute for Materials, Microelectronics, and Nanosciences of Provence (IM2NP, UMR CNRS 7334) and the principal investigator of the Altitude Single-event effects Test European Platform (ASTEP). He is the author or coauthor of more than 300 papers published in international journals and conferences, a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a fellow of the Societe de l’Electricite, de l’Electronique et des Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (SEE).

Daniela Munteanu is director of research at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). She is a fellow researcher at the Institute for Materials, Microelectronics, and Nanoscience of Provence (IM2NP, UMR CNRS 7334) and has 15 years of experience in characterization, modeling, and simulation of semiconductor devices. Her current research interests include emerging complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) devices, compact modeling, numerical simulation in the domains of nanoelectronics, and radiation effects on components and circuits. She is also the author or coauthor of more than 200 papers published in international journals and conferences, and has supervised 12 Ph.D theses.