Radiation-hardened memory element with multiple delay elements

• Main Authors: LIU HARRY H L, NELSON DAVID, LIU MICHAEL, GOLKE KEITH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.07.2014
• Subjects: ELECTRICITY; INFORMATION STORAGE; PHYSICS; STATIC STORES

A radiation hardened memory element includes at least two delay elements for maintaining radiation hardness. In an example, the memory element is an SRAM cell. Both delays are coupled together in series so that if either one of the delays fails, a delay will still be maintained within the SRAM cell....