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A technique for estimating the probability of radiation-stimulated failures of integrated microcircuits in low-intensity radiation fields: Application to the Spektr-R spacecraft

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In developing radio-electronic devices (RED) of spacecraft operating in the fields of ionizing radiation in space, one of the most important problems is the correct estimation of their radiation tolerance. The “weakest link” in the element base of onboard microelectronic devices under radiation effect is the integrated microcircuits (IMC), especially of large scale (LSI) and very large scale (VLSI) degree of integration. The main characteristic of IMC, which is taken into account when making decisions on using some particular type of IMC in the onboard RED, is the probability of non-failure operation (NFO) at the end of the spacecraft’s lifetime. It should be noted that, until now, the NFO has been calculated only from the reliability characteristics, disregarding the radiation effect. This paper presents the so-called “reliability” approach to determination of radiation tolerance of IMC, which allows one to estimate the probability of non-failure operation of various types of IMC with due account of radiation-stimulated dose failures. The described technique is applied to RED onboard the Spektr-R spacecraft to be launched in 2007.

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  1. Moscow Institute (State University) of Engineering Physics, Kashirskoe sh. 31, Moscow, 115409, Russia

    V. D. Popov

  2. Federal State Unitary Enterprise Lavochkin Research and Production Association, Leningradskoye sh. 24, Khimki, Moscow oblast’, 141400, Russia

    N. M. Khamidullina

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Original Russian Text © V.D. Popov, N.M. Khamidullina, 2006, published in Kosmicheskie Issledovaniya, 2006, Vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 475–479.

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Popov, V.D., Khamidullina, N.M. A technique for estimating the probability of radiation-stimulated failures of integrated microcircuits in low-intensity radiation fields: Application to the Spektr-R spacecraft. Cosmic Res 44, 456–460 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952506050091

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