An overview of radiation effects on electronic devices under severe accident conditions in NPPs, rad-hardened design techniques and simulation tools

Q Huang, J Jiang - Progress in Nuclear Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
New requirements on post-accident monitoring systems in nuclear power plants pose fresh
challenges for electronic system designers and nuclear power plant personnel, in particular …

Radiation effects in SiGe technology

JD Cressler - IEEE transactions on Nuclear Science, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon-Germanium (SiGe) technology effectively merges the desirable attributes of
conventional silicon-based CMOS manufacturing (high integration levels, at high yield and …

The effects and mechanisms of 2 MeV proton irradiation on high bias conditions of InP/InGaAs DHBTs

R Liu, B Mei, Y Su, F Yang, J Zhang, C Zhang… - Solid-State …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work, a 2 MeV proton irradiation experiment has been carried out on self-fabricated
InP/InGaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) with fluence of 5× 10 13 H+/cm 2 and …

[HTML][HTML] Characterising the Pelletron beam at the University of Melbourne

AF Steinberg, JSL Yap, HXQ Norman… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Pelletron at the University of Melbourne is a DC particle accelerator that has
been used for materials analysis and ion implantation since its installation in the 1970s …

Investigation of enhanced low dose rate sensitivity in SiGe HBTs by 60Co γ irradiation under different biases

J Zhang, Q Guo, HX Guo, W Lu, C He, X Wang… - Microelectronics …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper evaluates enhanced low dose rate sensitivity (ELDRS) in Silicon–Germanium
heterojunction bipolar transistors (SiGe HBTs) which are isolated by LOCOS process. The …

Characterizing and modeling current gain degradation in bipolar transistor exposed to heavy ion radiation

Z Liu, Y Sun, T Wang, X Li, Y Shi - Materials Science in Semiconductor …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Radiation effects of 20 MeV Br on bipolar transistors are investigated in this work. A
distinct different bias dependences are found for damage factors (DF) of forward and reverse …

Irradiation effects of 25 MeV silicon ions on SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors

YB Sun, J Fu, J Xu, YD Wang, W Zhou, W Zhang… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Silicon–germanium (SiGe) heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) were exposed to 25
MeV Si 4+ ion with equivalent absorbed dose from 200 krad (Si) to 10 Mrad (Si). The …

[HTML][HTML] High energy swift heavy ion irradiation and annealing effects on DC electrical characteristics of 200áGHz SiGe HBTs

VN Hegde, KC Praveen, TM Pradeep, N Pushpa… - Nuclear Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The total ionizing dose (TID) and non ionizing energy loss (NIEL) effects of 100áMeV
phosphorous (P 7+) and 80áMeV nitrogen (N 6+) ions on 200áGHz silicon-germanium …

A comparison of 100 MeV oxygen ion and 60Co gamma irradiation effects on advanced 200 GHz SiGe heterojunction bipolar transistors

NH Vinayakprasanna, KC Praveen, N Pushpa… - Indian Journal of …, 2015 - Springer
The third-generation (200áGHz) silicon–germanium heterojunction bipolar transistors were
irradiated with 100áMeV oxygen [O7+] ions in the dose range from 1 to 100áMrad. The …

Degradation and annealing characteristics of NPN SiGe HBT exposed to heavy ions irradiation

Y Sun, Z Liu, J Fu, Y Shi, X Li - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the performance degradation and annealing behavior of NPN SiGe HBT
exposed to swift heavy ion irradiation were investigated. The direct current (DC) …