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Title: Single event and TREE latchup mitigation for a star tracker sensor: An innovative approach to system level latchup mitigation

Abstract

Electronic packages designed for spacecraft should be fault-tolerant and operate without ground control intervention through extremes in the space radiation environment. If designed for military use, the electronics must survive and function in a nuclear radiation environment. This paper presents an innovative ``blink`` approach rather than the typical ``operate through`` approach to achieve system level latchup mitigation on a prototype star tracker camera. Included are circuit designs, flash x-ray test data, and heavy ion data demonstrating latchup mitigation protecting micro-electronics from current latchup and burnout due to Single Event Latchup (SEL) and Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE).

Authors:
; ;  [1]; ; ; ;  [2]
  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
  2. JAYCOR, San Diego, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
46731
Report Number(s):
UCRL-ID-114325
ON: DE95010331; TRN: 95:011063
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-48
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; CAMERAS; MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS; PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; SPACE FLIGHT; RELIABILITY; IONIZING RADIATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES

Citation Formats

Kimbrough, J R, Colella, N J, Davis, R W, Bruener, D B, Coakley, P G, Lutjens, S W, and Mallon, C E. Single event and TREE latchup mitigation for a star tracker sensor: An innovative approach to system level latchup mitigation. United States: N. p., 1994. Web. doi:10.2172/46731.
Kimbrough, J R, Colella, N J, Davis, R W, Bruener, D B, Coakley, P G, Lutjens, S W, & Mallon, C E. Single event and TREE latchup mitigation for a star tracker sensor: An innovative approach to system level latchup mitigation. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/46731
Kimbrough, J R, Colella, N J, Davis, R W, Bruener, D B, Coakley, P G, Lutjens, S W, and Mallon, C E. 1994. "Single event and TREE latchup mitigation for a star tracker sensor: An innovative approach to system level latchup mitigation". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/46731. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/46731.
@article{osti_46731,
title = {Single event and TREE latchup mitigation for a star tracker sensor: An innovative approach to system level latchup mitigation},
author = {Kimbrough, J R and Colella, N J and Davis, R W and Bruener, D B and Coakley, P G and Lutjens, S W and Mallon, C E},
abstractNote = {Electronic packages designed for spacecraft should be fault-tolerant and operate without ground control intervention through extremes in the space radiation environment. If designed for military use, the electronics must survive and function in a nuclear radiation environment. This paper presents an innovative ``blink`` approach rather than the typical ``operate through`` approach to achieve system level latchup mitigation on a prototype star tracker camera. Included are circuit designs, flash x-ray test data, and heavy ion data demonstrating latchup mitigation protecting micro-electronics from current latchup and burnout due to Single Event Latchup (SEL) and Transient Radiation Effects on Electronics (TREE).},
doi = {10.2172/46731},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/46731}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994},
month = {Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994}
}