Published March 17, 2008
| Version v1
Journal article
Facility for fast neutron irradiation tests of electronics at the ISIS spallation neutron source
Creators
- 1. Centro NAST, Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (Italy)
- 2. Dipartimento di Fisica 'G. Occhialini', Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy)
- 3. Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Universita di Padova (Italy)
- 4. ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0QX (United Kingdom)
- 5. School of Computing, Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancs. PR1 2HE (United Kingdom)
Description
The VESUVIO beam line at the ISIS spallation neutron source was set up for neutron irradiation tests in the neutron energy range above 10 MeV. The neutron flux and energy spectrum were shown, in benchmark activation measurements, to provide a neutron spectrum similar to the ambient one at sea level, but with an enhancement in intensity of a factor of 107. Such conditions are suitable for accelerated testing of electronic components, as was demonstrated here by measurements of soft error rates in recent technology field programable gate arrays
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.2897309;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Applied Physics Letters
- Journal Volume
- 92
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 114101-114101.3
- ISSN
- 0003-6951
- CODEN
- APPLAB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40003139
- Subject category
- S43: PARTICLE ACCELERATORS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ENERGY SPECTRA; FAST NEUTRONS; IRRADIATION; MEV RANGE 10-100; NEUTRON FLUX; NEUTRON SOURCE FACILITIES; NEUTRON SOURCES; NEUTRON SPECTRA; SEA LEVEL; SPALLATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BARYONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; FERMIONS; HADRONS; LEVELS; MEV RANGE; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR REACTIONS; NUCLEONS; PARTICLE SOURCES; RADIATION FLUX; RADIATION SOURCES; SPECTRA
Optional Information
- Notes
- (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics