4 Irradiation Facility and Setup

The heavy-ion species used for the SEE studies on this product were provided and delivered by the TAMU Cyclotron Radiation Effects Facility using a superconducting cyclotron and an advanced electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion source. At the fluxes used, ion beams had good flux stability and high irradiation uniformity over a 1in diameter circular cross-sectional area for the in-air station. Uniformity is achieved by magnetic defocusing. The flux of the beam is regulated over a broad range spanning several orders of magnitude. For these studies, ion flux of 1.62 × 10⁴ to 9.53 × 10⁴ ions/cm²·s were used to provide heavy-ion fluences of 1.00 × 10⁷ ions/cm².

For the experiments conducted on this report ¹⁶⁵Ho was used to obtain LET_EFF of 75MeV·cm²/mg. The total kinetic energy for each of the ion was:

• ¹⁶⁵Ho = 2.474GeV (15MeV/nucleon)
  • Ion uniformity for these experiments was between 91% and 95%

Figure 4-1 shows the TPS7H3014EVM-CVAL used for the data collection at the TAMU facility. Although not visible in this photo, the beam port has a 1-mil Aramica window to allow in-air testing while maintaining the vacuum within the accelerator with only minor ion energy loss. The in-air gap between the device and the ion beam port window was maintained at 40mm for all runs.

Figure 4-1 Photograph of the TPS7H3014-SP EVM in Front of the Heavy-Ion Beam Exit Port at the Texas A&M Cyclotron