Space systems � Evaluation of radiation effects on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) parts for use on low-orbit satellite

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Space Systems ◽  
Orbit Satellite ◽  
Commercial Off The Shelf

scholarly journals Risk Assessment for the Use of COTS Devices in Space Systems under Consideration of Radiation Effects

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1008
Author(s):  
Jan Budroweit ◽  
Hagen Patscheider
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Space Missions ◽  
Lead Times ◽  
Space Systems ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Class 1 ◽  
Low Performance ◽  
Commercial Off The Shelf ◽  
And Performance

In this paper, a new approach is presented to assess the risk of using commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) devices in space systems under consideration of radiation effects that can dramatically affect reliability and performance. In the NewSpace era, the use of COTS has become mandatory, since typical space-qualified (class-1) electrical, electronic and electromechanical (EEE) components for space missions are no longer attractive due to their extremely high costs, long lead times and low performance. This paper sets out the usual constraints for COTS devices and proposes a guideline on how to select non-space-qualified components and when class-1 EEE devices are recommended for use.

Radiation effects in commercial off-the-shelf single-mode optical fibers

1998 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Troska ◽  
Jeremy Batten ◽  
Karl A. Gill ◽  
Francois Vasey
Keyword(s):  
Optical Fibers ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Single Mode ◽  
Commercial Off The Shelf

Electronics for Instrumentation and Controls in Accelerator Driven Sub-Critical System

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wenjuan Cui ◽  
Zhiyong He ◽  
Qiang Zhao ◽  
Yichuan He ◽  
Yuxi Luo
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Reactor Core ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Nuclear Industry ◽  
Fast Neutrons ◽  
Critical System ◽  
Energy Beam ◽  
Single Event Upsets ◽  
Commercial Off The Shelf ◽  
Critical Reactor

In this paper, we study the electronics in the instrumentation and control (I&C) systems for an accelerator driven sub-critical (ADS) system, where a target located at the centre of a sub-critical reactor core is bombarded by the protons from an accelerator. In comparison with a commercial reactor used in nuclear industry, more control electronics are required to exactly couple the high-energy beam from the accelerator to the spallation target in the reactor core. There is a strong drive to utilize standard commercial-off-the-shelf devices to minimize cost and development time. In order to improve the reliability of I&C systems, redundancy architecture has been considered by adding more electronic devices. In comparison with I&C system without redundancy, the dual redundancy architecture improves the reliability of the system by 20000 times. Then, we study the potential application of electronics devices, such as the preamplifiers for detectors, in the reactor building by shielding them with shielding materials. Since the most effective neutrons in creating radiation damages are those fast neutrons with the energy of more than 0.1 MeV, we have proposed a sandwich shielding method to reduce the neutron-induced radiation effects, in which the first and third layers are made of polyethylene and the second layer is made of heavy metal, e.g. tungsten. Simulation results with GEANT4 code have indicated that the shielding with a 30 cm-thick sandwich can increase the expected lifetime of electronics by 1258 times, and can reduce the soft errors caused by single event upsets by 5400 times.

scholarly journals Measurement of Single Event Upsets in the ALICE-TPC Front-End Electronics

2011 ◽  
Vol 110-116 ◽  
pp. 4505-4511
Author(s):  
M. Mager ◽  
L. Musa ◽  
A. Rehman ◽  
A. Szczepankiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Effects ◽  
High Energy Physics ◽  
Hadron Collider ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Single Event ◽  
Active Volume ◽  
Single Event Upsets ◽  
Front End ◽  
Commercial Off The Shelf ◽  
Time Projection

The Time Projection Chamber of the ALICE ex- periment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider features highly integrated on-detector read-out electronics. It is following the general trend of high energy physics experiments by placing the front-end electronics as close to the detector as possible—only some 10 cm away from its active volume. Being located close to the beams and the interaction region, the electronics is subject to a moderate radiation load, which allowed us to use commercial off-the-shelf components. However, they needed to be selected and qualified carefully for radiation hardness and means had to be taken to protect their functionality against soft errors, i. e. single event upsets. Here we report on the first measurements of LHC induced radiation effects on ALICE front-end electronics and on how they attest to expectations.

scholarly journals Integrated Silicon Photonics for Enabling Next-Generation Space Systems

Photonics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
George N. Tzintzarov ◽  
Sunil G. Rao ◽  
John D. Cressler
Keyword(s):  
Silicon Photonics ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Space Systems ◽  
Single Event ◽  
Transient Effects ◽  
Single Event Transient ◽  
Space Applications ◽  
Silicon Waveguides ◽  
Current State ◽  
Integrated Silicon Photonics

A review of silicon photonics for space applications is presented. The benefits and advantages of size, weight, power, and cost (SWaP-C) metrics inherent to silicon photonics are summarized. Motivation for their use in optical communications systems and microwave photonics is addressed. The current state of our understanding of radiation effects in silicon photonics is included in this discussion. Total-ionizing dose, displacement damage, and single-event transient effects are discussed in detail for germanium-integrated photodiodes, silicon waveguides, and Mach-Zehnder modulators. Areas needing further study are suggested.

scholarly journals Systems engineering and assurance modeling (SEAM): A web-based solution for integrated mission assurance

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Kaitlyn Ryder ◽  
Ryan Alles ◽  
Gabor Karsai ◽  
Nagabhushan Mahadevan ◽  
John Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Space Systems ◽  
Modeling Tools ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Web Based ◽  
System Description ◽  
Commercial Off The Shelf ◽  
Electronic Parts ◽  
Mission Assurance ◽  
Tree Extraction

We present an overview of the Systems Engineering and Assurance Modeling (SEAM) platform, a web-browser-based tool which is designed to help engineers evaluate the radiation vulnerabilities and develop an assurance approach for electronic parts in space systems. The SEAM framework consists of three interconnected modeling tools, a SysML compatible system description tool, a Goal Structuring Notation (GSN) visual argument tool, and Bayesian Net and Fault Tree extraction and export tools. The SysML and GSN sections also have a coverage check application that ensures that every radiation fault identified on the SysML side is also addressed in the assurance case in GSN. The SEAM platform works on space systems of any degree of radiation hardness but is especially helpful for assessing radiation performance in systems with commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronic components.

Ground Simulation of Space Radiation Effects on Nonmetallic Materials: Status of the Proposed ISO Standard

1999 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-31
Author(s):  
Boris Briskman ◽  
Eugene Borson
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Radiation Effects ◽  
Space Radiation ◽  
Technical Committee ◽  
International Organization ◽  
Space Vehicles ◽  
Space Systems ◽  
Iso Standard ◽  
International Standard ◽  
International Organization For Standardization

Russia has proposed a new international standard for the testing of nonmetallic materials to simulate space radiation effects. The proposal was submitted to ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Technical Committee 20 (Aircraft and Space Vehicles), Subcommittee 14 (Space Systems and Operations) and was approved as Working Draft 15856 at the Los Angeles meeting (1997). The second version of the draft was approved at the Beijing meeting (1998).

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