Single event upset at ground level
Abstract
Ground level upsets have been observed in computer systems containing large amounts of random access memory (RAM). Atmospheric neutrons are most likely the major cause of the upsets based on measured data using the Weapons Neutron Research (WNR) neutron beam.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
- Pub Date:
- December 1996
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1996ITNS...43.2742N
- Keywords:
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- Single event upset;
- Neutrons;
- Aerospace electronics;
- Computer errors;
- Random access memory;
- Particle beams;
- Read-write memory;
- Alpha particles;
- Packaging;
- Biomedical measurements