VLSI Processing, Radiation, and Hardening

Abstract
Process-induced radiation damage to silicon dioxide films is expected to be commonplace for VLSI circuit fabrication. This might be expected to be most serious for the production of radiation-hardened VLSI. In this paper, the oxide damage due to ion processing is reviewed and the radiation levels associated with advanced lithographic techniques are estimated. Implications for radiation-hardened VLSI circuits are considered.

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