Method and apparatus for accelerated SER testing of circuitry

Details Method and apparatus for accelerated SER testing of circuitry Method and apparatus for accelerated SER testing of circuitry

2005-08-16

2005-08-16

Deb, Anjan (Department: 2858)

Electricity: measuring and testing

Fault detecting in electric circuits and of electric components

Using radiant energy

C324S765010, C250S370010

Reexamination Certificate

active

06930488

ABSTRACT:
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates accelerated Soft-Error Rate (SER) testing of circuitry. The system starts by collecting a radioactive gas from the atmosphere and concentrating the radioactive gas in a testing chamber. Once the desired amount of radioactive gas is present in the testing chamber, the system SER tests the circuitry in the testing chamber by bombarding the circuitry with particles emitted from the radioactive gas while running testing procedures.

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