Radiant energy – Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling – Semiconductor system
Patent
1991-03-19
1994-07-19
Dzierzynski, Paul M.
Radiant energy
Invisible radiant energy responsive electric signalling
Semiconductor system
257429, H01L 2978
Patent
active
053311647
ABSTRACT:
A particle sensor array which in a preferred embodiment comprises a static random access memory having a plurality of ion-sensitive memory cells, each such cell comprising at least one pull-down field effect transistor having a sensitive drain surface area (such as by bloating) and at least one pull-up field effect transistor having a source connected to an offset voltage. The sensitive drain surface area and the offset voltage are selected for memory cell upset by incident ions such as alpha-particles. The static random access memory of the present invention provides a means for selectively biasing the memory cells into the same state in which each of the sensitive drain surface areas is reverse biased and then selectively reducing the reversed bias on these sensitive drain surface areas for increasing the upset sensitivity of the cells to ions. The resulting selectively sensitive memory cells can be used in a number of applications. By way of example, the present invention can be used for measuring the linear energy transfer of ion particles, as well as a device for assessing the resistance of CMOS latches to Cosmic Ray induced single event upsets. The sensor of the present invention can also be used to determine the uniformity of an ion beam.
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Blaes Brent R.
Buehler Martin G.
Lieneweg Udo
California Institute of Technology
Dzierzynski Paul M.
Hanig Richard
Tachner Leonard
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