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Facta universitatis - series: Electronics and Energetics 2014 Volume 27, Issue 2, Pages: 251-258
https://doi.org/10.2298/FUEE1402251C
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CMOS IC radiation hardening by design

Camplani Alessandra (INFN-Milano and Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Celoria, Milano, Italy)
Shojaii Seyedruhollah (INFN-Milano and Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Celoria, Milano, Italy)
Shrimali Hitesh (INFN-Milano and Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Celoria, Milano, Italy)
Stabile Alberto (INFN-Milano and Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Celoria, Milano, Italy)
Liberali Valentino (INFN-Milano and Department of Physics, Università degli Studi di Milano Via G. Celoria, Milano, Italy)

Design techniques for radiation hardening of integrated circuits in commercial CMOS technologies are presented. Circuits designed with the proposed approaches are more tolerant to both total dose and to single event effects. The main drawback of the techniques for radiation hardening by design is the increase of silicon area, compared with a conventional design.

Keywords: radiation hardening, CMOS technology, integrated circuits