SEE RATE CALCULATIONS USING THE EFFECTIVE FLUX APPROACH AND A GENERALIZED FIGURE OF MERIT APPROXIMATION

This paper explains the inconsistencies reported between effective flu x calculations and integral rectangular parallelepiped calculations. T he two types of calculation yield consistent results when the effectiv e flux calculation is performed allowing for the appropriate geometry. A set of generic heavy ion cross section curves is introduced so that upset rate calculations can be compared as a function of device area and threshold. The figure of merit approximation is generalized so tha t it can be used for any orbit