Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Integrated circuits with a resistance to single event upset occurrence and methods for providing the same
- Patent Title (中): 具有抵抗单事件不稳定发生的集成电路和提供相同的方法
-
Application No.: US12985918Application Date: 2011-01-06
-
Publication No.: US08692381B1Publication Date: 2014-04-08
- Inventor: Michael J. Hart
- Applicant: Michael J. Hart
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Julie Mar-Spinola; Gerald Chan; Lois D. Cartier
- Main IPC: H01L27/108
- IPC: H01L27/108

Abstract:
Integrated circuits and methods for reducing the Single Event Upset (SEU) susceptibility of a memory cell are disclosed. By using one or more Through Silicon Vias (TSVs) as capacitor(s) coupled to the Q and/or Qbar nodes of the memory cell, the critical charge (Qcrit) of the circuit is increased. In so doing, the memory cell has greater resistance to an SEU occurrence and reduced sensitivity to neutron and alpha or other charged particle events. The capacitor(s) can be coupled between the Q or Qbar node(s) and a silicon substrate, or between the Q and Qbar nodes, for example.
Information query
IPC分类: