Patent ID: 7763861
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: H03K

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a characteristic of an atomic particle affecting a programmable logic device (PLD), the method comprising: configuring the PLD to generate a value for at least one output of the PLD; generating a packet of a plurality of atomic particles at a source; indicating departure of the packet of the atomic particles from the source; impacting the PLD with the packet of the atomic particles; detecting a change in the value of the at least one output of the PLD, wherein the change in the value of the at least one output of the PLD is a result of the impacting of the PLD by one of the atomic particles from the packet; and determining a time interval between the departure of the packet of the atomic particles from the source and the change in the value of the at least one output of the PLD.