NEUTRON DETECTION USING SOFT ERRORS IN DYNAMIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORIES

Authors
DARAMBARA DG SPYROU NM
Citation
Dg. Darambara et Nm. Spyrou, NEUTRON DETECTION USING SOFT ERRORS IN DYNAMIC RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORIES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 348(2-3), 1994, pp. 491-495
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Physics, Particles & Fields","Instument & Instrumentation",Spectroscopy
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment → ACNP
ISSN journal
01689002
Volume
348
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
491 - 495
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(1994)348:2-3<491:NDUSEI>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to present results from experiments that have been performed to show the memory cycle time dependence of the so ft errors produced by the interaction of alpha particles with dynamic random access memory devices, with a view to using these as position s ensitive detectors. Furthermore, a preliminary feasibility study being carried out indicates the use of dynamic RAMs as neutron detectors by the utilization of (n, alpha) capture reactions in a Li converter pla ced on the top of the active area of the memory chip.