Measurements of SEU and total dose in geostationary orbit under normal and solar flare conditions

Conference · Sun Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)

OSTI ID:5825863

Adams, L; Daly, E J; Harboe-Sorensen, R ^[1]; Holmes-Siedle, A G ^[2]; Ward, A K; Bull, R A ^[3]

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1. ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk (NL)
2. R.E.M., Oxford (GB)
3. Satellites International Ltd., Newbury (GB)

The Meteosat-3 Radiation Effects Experiment includes two 256 Kbit SRAMs configured for SEU detection and a RADFET array for dose measurement. SEU rates and doses are enhanced during solar flares. In this paper two years of orbital data are compared with ground tests and prediction.

• OSTI ID: 5825863
• Report Number(s): CONF-910751-; CODEN: IETNA
• Journal Information: IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States), Vol. 38:6; Conference: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) annual international nuclear and space radiation effects conference, San Diego, CA (United States), 15-19 Jul 1991; ISSN 0018-9499
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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