W band MMIC power amplifier development for the Herschel HIFI Instrument
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A recent failure of Galileo's magnetic recorder was identified as LED degradation. Annealing the culprit OP133s proved successful and the irreplaceable data was recovered. Test data and modeling results calibrate an understanding of this incident.
This paper summarizes the development of W band amplifiers for the Local Oscillator (LO) chains for the Herschel HIFI (Heterodyne Instrument for Far Infrared) Instrument.
The XQR18V04 was evaluated for single event upset rates using proton and heavy ions. The PROM was demonstrated to be immune to latch-up, as well as to static upset in the flash memory cells, to an LET > 125 MeV/mg/cmz (effective). The PROM was also tested in a dynamic mode, which revealed three distinct error modes: Read Bit Errors, Address Errors, and a Single Event Functional Interrupt (SEW which affected the data output drivers. Saturation cross-sections, and onset thresholds, for these errorinodes were measured at the heavy ion facility at Texas A&M University, and the proton facility at UC Davis. Additional testing was performed at UC Davis and the Cobalt 60 source at McClellan Air Force Base to examine the effect to TID life as a function of power biasing. The PROM demonstrated a 100% improvement in total TID life with an 84% percent decrease in device usage.
This paper discusses radiation testing requirements for ionization and displacement damage in space systems.
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In these SEGR experiments, three identical-oxide MOSFET types were irradiated with six ions of significantly different ranges. Results show the prime importance of the total energy deposited in the epitaxial layer.
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Single-event gate rupture (SEGR)in vertical power MOSFETs is induced by charge deposited in the epitaxial region (below the gate oxide) in concert with the weakening of the oxide, both are a result of the ion passage.
Destructive single event effects (DSEE) are a main concern for pioneers attempting to use COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) devices in space, so a COTS instrument full of such devices is particulary scary.
Breakdown of gate oxides from heavy ions is investigated.
This compendium of SEGR and SEB data organizes results from several laboratories comparing failure thresholds for several different manufacturers and technologies. The results of this compendium are aimed at the designer to show the possible variations between manufacturers and processes.
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Features of flash memories: Flash memories are non-volatile; that is they do not require power to retain the information in its memory. They can be erased and written to while the device is still in the circuit.
Star trackers are a reliable and accurate device used by almost all spacecraft in order to autonomously determine their orientation.
Applications of highly scaled devices in space applications are shown to be limited by hard errors from cosmic rays. Hard errors were first observed in 0.8 (micro)m DRAMs. For feature sizes below 0.5 (micro)m, scaling theory predicts that low power devices will have much lower hard error rates than devices optimized for high speed.