Single event upsets correlated with environment

Conference · Thu Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:6762526

Vampola, A L; Albin, F ^[1]; Lauriente, M ^[2]; Wilkinson, D C; Allen, J ^[3]

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1. Univ. Research Foundation, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
2. NASA/Goddard Spaceflight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)
3. National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO (United States)

Single Event Upset rates on satellites in different Earth orbits are correlated with solar protons and geomagnetic activity and also with the NASA AP8 proton model to extract information about satellite anomalies caused by the space environment. An extensive discussion of the SEU data base from the TOMS solid state recorder and an algorithm for correcting spontaneous upsets in it are included as an Appendix. SAMPEX and TOMS, which have the same memory chips, have similar normalized responses in the South Atlantic Anomaly. SEU rates due to solar protons over the polar caps are within expectations. No geomagnetic activity effects can be discerned in the SEU rates.

• OSTI ID: 6762526
• Report Number(s): CONF-940726--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 41:6Pt1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
CRYOSPHERE
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
ERRORS
MAGNETIC STORMS
MEMORY DEVICES
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
POLAR REGIONS
RADIATION EFFECTS
SATELLITES