Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits

One of the factors causing the failure of spacecraft integrated circuits is exposure to heavy charged particles. The entry of heavy charged particles into electronic devices leads to the appearance of single event transients (short current pulses), which in analog microcircuits manifest themselves i...

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Main Authors: O. V. Dvornikov, V. A. Tchekhovski, I. Yu. Lovshenko, Trong Thanh Nguyen
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Language:Russian
Published: Educational institution «Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics» 2024-10-01
Series:Doklady Belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta informatiki i radioèlektroniki
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Online Access:https://doklady.bsuir.by/jour/article/view/3979
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V. A. Tchekhovski
I. Yu. Lovshenko
Trong Thanh Nguyen
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description One of the factors causing the failure of spacecraft integrated circuits is exposure to heavy charged particles. The entry of heavy charged particles into electronic devices leads to the appearance of single event transients (short current pulses), which in analog microcircuits manifest themselves in distortion of the output signal shape, and in digital microcircuits can cause a single event upset. The article discusses a technique for circuit mode-ling of the effect of heavy charged particles on bipolar analog microcircuits, including the developed equivalent electrical circuit of a bipolar transistor for LTSpice and the procedure for modeling transient processes. Despite the simplifications adopted, namely: failure to take into account the dependence of the duration of the rise and fall of the current pulse generated by a charged particle on the parameters of the transistor structure, the assumption that the entire charge is generated in the active base and the space charge regions of the emitter and collector junctions, an equivalent circuit has been developed made it possible to determine that the shape of the collector current pulse for circuit with a common emitter when exposed to a heavy charged particle is determined by the speed of the transistor and its operating mode. Using the developed methodology, the “critical” transistors of the two studied analog microcircuits were determined, and the need to bypass the current-setting resistors with a small capacitor was justified.
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spelling doaj-art-980661a2bb8544bb8dac5b2b7a41bc532025-08-20T03:43:52ZrusEducational institution «Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics»Doklady Belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta informatiki i radioèlektroniki1729-76482024-10-01225334210.35596/1729-7648-2024-22-5-33-422020Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog MicrocircuitsO. V. Dvornikov0V. A. Tchekhovski1I. Yu. Lovshenko2Trong Thanh Nguyen3JSC “Minsk Research Instrument-Making Institute”Institute for Nuclear Problems of Belarusian State UniversityBelarusian State University of Informatics and RadioelectronicsBelarusian State University of Informatics and RadioelectronicsOne of the factors causing the failure of spacecraft integrated circuits is exposure to heavy charged particles. The entry of heavy charged particles into electronic devices leads to the appearance of single event transients (short current pulses), which in analog microcircuits manifest themselves in distortion of the output signal shape, and in digital microcircuits can cause a single event upset. The article discusses a technique for circuit mode-ling of the effect of heavy charged particles on bipolar analog microcircuits, including the developed equivalent electrical circuit of a bipolar transistor for LTSpice and the procedure for modeling transient processes. Despite the simplifications adopted, namely: failure to take into account the dependence of the duration of the rise and fall of the current pulse generated by a charged particle on the parameters of the transistor structure, the assumption that the entire charge is generated in the active base and the space charge regions of the emitter and collector junctions, an equivalent circuit has been developed made it possible to determine that the shape of the collector current pulse for circuit with a common emitter when exposed to a heavy charged particle is determined by the speed of the transistor and its operating mode. Using the developed methodology, the “critical” transistors of the two studied analog microcircuits were determined, and the need to bypass the current-setting resistors with a small capacitor was justified.https://doklady.bsuir.by/jour/article/view/3979penetrating radiationsingle event transientslinear energy transferradiation resistance
spellingShingle O. V. Dvornikov
V. A. Tchekhovski
I. Yu. Lovshenko
Trong Thanh Nguyen
Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits
Doklady Belorusskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta informatiki i radioèlektroniki
penetrating radiation
single event transients
linear energy transfer
radiation resistance
title Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits
title_full Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits
title_fullStr Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits
title_full_unstemmed Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits
title_short Circuit Modeling of the Impact of Heavy Charged Particles on Transient Processes in Bipolar Analog Microcircuits
title_sort circuit modeling of the impact of heavy charged particles on transient processes in bipolar analog microcircuits
topic penetrating radiation
single event transients
linear energy transfer
radiation resistance
url https://doklady.bsuir.by/jour/article/view/3979
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