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18 years ago

EMC compatibility and beam stability of hard copy ASICs

Is there a source of information describing the EMC-related differences of a) Altera FPGAs and b) Altera hard Copy ASICs ?

Could HARDCOPY ASICs be considered to more more resistant against electro magnetical fields?

Another question: What can be said about beam resistance of these devices? I especially focus on particle beams. I am involved in creating FPGAs to be used in such environments and we wonder about malfunctions and possible errors caused by beam particles.

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    Altera_Forum
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    18 years ago

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    What can be said about beam resistance of these devices? I especially focus on particle beams. I am involved in creating FPGAs to be used in such environments and we wonder about malfunctions and possible errors caused by beam particles.

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    It sounds like you are concerned about single event upset. Searches on www.altera.com for "SEU" and "single event upset" return lots of hits.