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What is radiation hardening of chips? Stuff on the outside to absorb? Different band gaps in the silicon?
by silasdavis 4y ago
What is radiation hardening of chips?
Stuff on the outside to absorb? Different band gaps in the silicon?
- Jtsummers 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hardening Larger node, different substrate, shielding, and other things.
- silasdavis 4y agoThanks. Is this always an energetic issue, like the bit gets flipped or is it about long term material changes?
- jpgvm 4y agoBoth but primarily the former.
- rawoke083600 4y agoI always wondered can "you not just" dumped a your modern'ish pc in big bucket of mineral oil to fight of the radiation ? Given that water (and other hydrocarbons has been suggested as a shield material for cosmic radiation). As I understand It Cosmic Radiation is the bigger enemy than the "normal" beta/gamma radiation ?