Percolation in dense storage arrays
Scott Kirkpatrick, Winfried W. Wilcke, et al.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
A simplified model for the diffusion and collection of the charge generated along the track of a fast ionizing particle in Si is developed and used to discuss “soft failures” due to α-particles from radioactive elements. Several examples are worked out in detail. A scaling analysis shows that the charge collected by a device struck by an α-particle decreases less rapidly as all dimensions are scaled down than does the critical charge required to cause an error. Thus the charge margins preventing soft failures in most current devices will vanish if the devices are made smaller without significant redesign. Copyright © 1979 by The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Scott Kirkpatrick, Winfried W. Wilcke, et al.
Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Vinod K. S. Shante, Scott Kirkpatrick
Advances in Physics
Mario P. Vecchi, Scott Kirkpatrick
IEEE TCADIS
Scott Kirkpatrick
Reviews of Modern Physics