Radiation Hardness Assurance Testing of Microelectronic Devices and Integrated Circuits: Radiation Environments, Physical Mechanisms, and Foundations for Hardness Assurance

Radiation Hardness Assurance for Space Systems

1.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 2 2.0 Radiation Hardness Assurance Overview .......................................................................................... 2 3.0 Define the Space Radiation Environment ..................................................................

Radiation Hardness Assurance for the JEM-EUSO Space Mission

This analysis documents the process and results of reliability determination of the PhotoMultiplier Tube (PMT) components of the JEM-EUSO telescope under the different radiation sources, UV radiation, Total Ionizing Doses (TIDs), and Single Event Transients. In terms of UV Ionization, the transmittance of the glass of the PMTs during the 5-year duration of the mission is greater than 99.98%, th...

Testing and Hardness Assurance Guidelines for Single Event Transients (SETs) in Linear Devices

Emerging Radiation Hardness Assurance ( RHA ) issues : A NASA approach for space flight programs

Spacecraft performance requirements drive the utilization of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components and emerging technologies in systems. The response of these technologies to radiation is often complex. This engenders a set of emerging radiation hardness assurance (RHA) issues which include displacement damage in optocouplers, high-precision and hybrid devices, enhanced low dose rate (ELDR...

Radiation Hardness Assurance Issues Associated with COTS in JPL Flight Systems: The Challenge of Europa

With the decreasing availability of radiation hardened electronics and the new NASA paradigm of faster, more aggressive and less expensive space missions, there has been an increasing emphasis on using high performance commercial microelectronic parts and circuits in NASA spacecraft. The use of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) parts and circuits in space systems poses many potential problems, es...