radhub.rpp

The RPP model

The rpp module predicts heavy ion SEE rates using a rectangular parallelepiped sensitive volume.

References

[1] W. L. Bendel, “Length Distribution of Chords Through a Rectangular Volume,” NRL Memorandum Report 5369 (July 1984).

[2] J. H. Adams, R. Silberberg, and C. H. Tsao, “Cosmic Ray Effects on Microelectronics. Part I. The Near-Earth Particle Environment,” NRL Memorandum Report 4506 (August 1981).

[3] J. H. Adams, J. R. Letaw, D. F. Smart, “Cosmic Ray Effects on Microelectronics. Part II. The Geomagnetic Cutoff Effects,” NRL Memorandum Report 5099 (May 1983).

[4] C. H. Tsao, R. Silberberg, J. H. Adams, J. R. Letaw, , “Cosmic Ray Effects on Microelectronics. Part III. Propagation of Cosmic Rays in the Atmosphere,” NRL Memorandum Report 5402 (Aug. 1984).

[5] J. H. Adams, “Cosmic Ray Effects on Microelectronics. Part IV.,” NRL Memorandum Report 5901 (December 1986).

Examples

import radhub.rpp
from radhub.parsers.creme import parse_let

Functions

D(x, y, z)	The differential pathlength distribution function through a parallelepiped of dimensions x,y,z.
D_vec(x, y, z, s)	The differential pathlength distribution function through a parallelepiped of dimensions x,y,z.
f(x, y, z)	The normalized differential distribution function for chord length s
f_vec(x, y, z, s)	The normalized differential distribution function for chord length s
irpp(F, w, h, l, fxs[, density, ionization])	The integral rectangular parallelepiped method for single event rate calculations.
rpp(F, w, h, l, Qcrit[, density, ionization])	The rectangular parallelepiped method for single event rate calculations.
rpp_vec(F, w, h, l, Qcrit[, density, ionization])	The rectangular parallelepiped method for single event rate calculations ([1] Eq 4).