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Emerging Memories in Radiation-Hard Design

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In many applications, electronic equipment must operate in an environment exposed to heavy radiation.

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The author would like to thank Cristiano Calligaro, CEO of Redcat Devices s.r.l for making available some of the drawings used in this chapter.

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Gastaldi, R. (2017). Emerging Memories in Radiation-Hard Design. In: Gastaldi, R., Campardo, G. (eds) In Search of the Next Memory. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47724-4_9

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