Radiation Enabled Model Development and Validation

The lecture "Radiation Enabled Model Development and Validation" covers the development and validation of radiation models using various tools and techniques. The speaker discusses the importance of understanding how radiation affects electronic devices, particularly in high-radiation environments such as space exploration. To address this challenge, the speaker presents a tool called VIRAD (Virtual Irradiation and Radiation Analysis Device), which uses ray tracing to simulate radiation effects on electronic circuits.
The lecture highlights the key features of VIRAD, including its ability to quickly simulate large numbers of particles and its connection to topological analysis. The speaker also discusses the importance of understanding circuit topology in interpreting node voltage measurements. Additionally, the lecture touches on the topic of RAD hard by design techniques, which are used to make electronic devices more resistant to radiation effects. The speaker explains how VIRAD can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of these techniques and provides examples of its use in designing a current steering DAC. Overall, the lecture provides an overview of the challenges and opportunities in developing and validating radiation models for electronic devices.