Radiation Effects on FR4 Printed Circuit Boards

Kevin Scheuer; Jason Holmes; Evgeny Galyaev; David Blyth; Ricardo Alarcon

doi:10.1109/TNS.2020.2996536

Radiation Effects on FR4 Printed Circuit Boards

Kevin Scheuer, Jason Holmes, Evgeny Galyaev, David Blyth, Ricardo Alarcon

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This article presents measurements of electrical and physical properties for a variety of FR4 fiberglass-reinforced resin laminates, and the respective changes following exposure to a 1.9 \times 10^{16} n/cm2 total neutron fluence. The selection of a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate is shown to be of consideration beyond the typical frequency-dependent parameters, specifically for high fluence radiation environments where small changes to the dielectric constant are of concern.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	9097941
Pages (from-to)	1846-1851
Number of pages	6
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
Volume	67
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TNS.2020.2996536
State	Published - Aug 2020

Keywords

Laminates
neutron radiation effects
printed circuit board (PCB)
substrate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Nuclear Energy and Engineering
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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