TCAD Simulation of Radiation Effects on 180 nm Logic Inverters

authored by
Eike Trumann, Amen Allah Bahri, Gia Bao Thieu, Kirsten Weide-Zaage, Dorian von Wolff, Andre Bausen, Alexander Müller, Guillermo Payá-Vayá
Abstract

This work presents a physically based simulation evaluation of the effects of single ionizing particles and displacement damage on logic inverter gates in a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) with 180 nm structure size. A technology computer-aided-design (TCAD) model is combined with a radiation model to allow the simulation of charged particles with a linear energy transfer (LET) between 1 and 100MeVmg·cm2 . For displacement damage simulation, proton energies between 1 and 10 MeV and neutron energies between 1.6 and 14 MeV have been evaluated to estimate the resulting transistor threshold voltages.

Organisation(s)
Research Group ZURI
External Organisation(s)
Technische Universität Braunschweig
Research Institute for Protective Technologies and CBRN Protection (WIS)
Type
Conference contribution
Publication date
06.04.2025
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computational Mechanics, Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality, Ceramics and Composites, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Modelling and Simulation, Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1109/EuroSimE65125.2025.11006564 (Access: Closed)