SBIR/STTR Research Award
IN THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WE WILL BE DETERMINING THE BIT ERROR RATE FOR 64K AND 256K DRAM AS A FUNCTION OF ALPHA PARTICLE RADIATION DOSE.
Award amount
$47,066Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
1985Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Westech Research & Development
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
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- UEI
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- Solicitation number
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- Topic code
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Research abstract
IN THE PROPOSED RESEARCH WE WILL BE DETERMINING THE BIT ERROR RATE FOR 64K AND 256K DRAM AS A FUNCTION OF ALPHA PARTICLE RADIATION DOSE. THREE PARAMETERS WILL BE VARIED: THE DEVICE (CHIPS FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS WILL BE CHOSEN), THE BOMBARDING PARTICLE ENERGY, AND THE BEAM CURRENT. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD ALLOW AN ACCURATE EVALUATION OF THE NUMBER OF SOFT FAILS DUE TO ALPHA PARTICLES FROM TERRESTRIAL RADIOACTIVITY.
Technology keywords
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