12–16 Nov 2018
ESA/ESTEC
Europe/Amsterdam timezone

Contribution List

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  1. Dr Raoul Velazco (Université Grenoble - TIMA), Dr Gregoire Deprez (ESA)
    12/11/2018, 09:00
  2. Mr Hugh Evans (ESA/TEC-EPS)
    12/11/2018, 09:30

    This talk presents the various radiation environments encountered by any spacecraft wandering in space, from LEO to interplanetary. For each of these environments, the potentially harmful phenomena - mainly trapped radiation, galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events - are presented as well as their degrading effects on spacecraft electronic systems.

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  3. 12/11/2018, 10:30
    Poster
  4. Mr Christian POIVEY (ESA)
    12/11/2018, 11:00
  5. Dr Stephen Buchner (United States Naval Research Laboratory)
    12/11/2018, 12:15

    The fundamental mechanisms responsible for non-destructive and destructive
    Single-Event Effects in ICs will be described in detail. This will include the
    interactions of ions with the constituent materials of the IC, the response of
    individual transistors to the disturbance, and the effect on the operation of the
    IC. The evolution of the threat with device scaling will be addressed.

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  6. Dr Konstantin Tapero
    12/11/2018, 14:30

    The lecture presents an overview of main types of single event effects (SEE), basic characteristics of sensitivity of devices and integrated circuits to SEE and existing standards and guidelines for testing with the use of heavy ion and proton accelerators. Basic requirements for both heavy ion and proton testing will be considered in detail including requirements for the energy of ions, their...

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  7. Prof. Luca Sterpone (Politecnico di Torino)
    12/11/2018, 16:00

    Radiation effects on VLSI technology are provoked when radiation particles such as neutrons, protons or heavy ions hit a sensitive region of the integrated circuits. Due to the progressive technology scaling, VLSI devices are becoming, more and more vulnerable to Single Event Effects (SEEs) and are subject to cumulative ionizing damage known as Total Ionization Dose (TID). This talk will...

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  8. Mr Kenneth LaBel (NASA-GSFC)
    12/11/2018, 17:00
    Mitigation and hardening

    As the space business rapidly evolves to accommodate a lower cost model of development and operation via concepts such as commercial space and small spacecraft (aka, CubeSats and swarms), traditional EEE parts screening and qualification methods are being scrutinized under a risk reward trade space. In this presentation, two basic concepts will be discussed: The movement from complete risk...

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  9. Dr Stephen Buchner (United States Naval Research Laboratory)
    13/11/2018, 09:30
    Mitigation and hardening

    The approach used to ensure that parts will meet performance requirements for a mission operating in a radiation environment will be discussed. First part
    will mostly focus on Single Event Effect Hardness Assurance. A particular mission will be used to illustrate the method. Second part will develop total ionizing dose (TID) and displacement damage (DD) hardness assurance.
    Rationale for...

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  10. Mr Michel Pignol (CNES)
    13/11/2018, 11:00
    Mitigation and hardening

    This talk describes the suitable protections at architecture and system level against the effects of radiation on electronic components and digital systems. After the description of the general architecture of a space avionics system, the potential solutions for each type of units constituting an on-board computer are presented through the example of real space applications: avionics bus,...

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  11. Dr Otmane Ait Mohamed (University Concordia)
    13/11/2018, 14:30
    Tests and simulations

    In this talk, we will be discussed the practical use of formal based techniques, such as SAT, SMT and probabilistic model checker to analyze SEEs at logical and higher abstraction levels. Through examples, we will illustrate each approach and its benefits.

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  12. Prof. Luis Entrena Arrontes (Universidad Carlos III Madrid)
    13/11/2018, 15:30
    Tests and simulations

    Fault injection is a widely used method to evaluate fault effects and error mitigation in a design. While not a replacement for standard Radiation- Hardness Assurance methodologies, it can provide valuable information in a quick and inexpensive manner. Moreover, recent developments have improved performance by several orders of magnitude, thus enabling the realization of extremely large fault...

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  13. Dr Raoul Velazco (Laboratoire TIMA)
    13/11/2018, 17:00
    Tests and simulations

    This presentation describes a method devoted to SEU error-rate prediction for processor-based architectures. The proposed method combines results issued from fault-injection, performed at circuit by means of CEU (Code Emulated Upsets), to those issued from radiation ground tests. It allows predicting error rates without requiring radiation ground-tests for future applications. The approach was...

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  14. Mr Agustin Fernandez-Leon (ESA/ESTEC)
    14/11/2018, 09:30
    Mitigation and hardening
  15. Mrs Melanie Berg (NASA - GSFC)
    14/11/2018, 11:00
    Mitigation and hardening

    Technology is changing at a fast pace. Transistor geometries are getting smaller, voltage thresholds are getting lower, design complexity is exponentially increasing, and user options are expanding. Consequently, reliable insertion of error detection and correction (EDAC) circuitry has become relatively challenging. As a response, a variety of mitigation techniques are being implemented. They...

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  16. Joao Baptista dos Santos (Santa Maria Design House)
    14/11/2018, 12:00
    Mitigation and hardening

    The effects produced by radiation on integrated circuits can be classified into Single Event Effects (SEE) related to transient problems and Total Ionization Dose (TID) effects that arise due to the long exposure time ionizing radiation. The mitigation of these effects on integrated circuits can be done in three ways: Manufacturing Process Level, Architectural Level (redundancy) and Layout...

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  17. Heather Quinn (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
    14/11/2018, 14:30
    Tests and simulations

    Most satellites use radiation-hardened microprocessors, as many organizations are concerned that a microprocessor failure could be catastrophic to the mission. Most radiation hardened microprocessors are not as capable as commercial microprocessors, and the instrument's performance might be affected by the microprocessor's capability. Commercial microprocessors can be useful for secondary,...

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  18. Prof. Pablo Ramos (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE), Prof. Vanessa Vargas (Universidad de las Fuerzas Armadas-ESPE), Dr Raoul Velazco (Laboratoire TIMA)
    14/11/2018, 15:30
    Tests and simulations

    This work evaluates the SEE static and dynamic sensitivity of a single-chip many-core processor having implemented 16 compute clusters, each one with 16 processing cores. A comparison of the dynamic tests when processing-cores cache memories are enabled and disabled is presented. The experiments were validated through radiation ground testing performed with 14 MeV neutrons on the MPPA-256...

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  19. Dr Juan Clemente (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
    14/11/2018, 17:00
    Tests and simulations
  20. Dale McMorrow (Naval Research Laboratory)
    15/11/2018, 09:30
    Tests and simulations

    Carrier generation induced by pulsed-laser excitation has become an essential tool for the investigation of single-event effects (SEEs) of micro- and nano-electronic structures. The qualitative capabilities of this approach include, among others, sensitive node identification, radiation hardened circuit verification, basic mechanisms investigations, model validation and calibration, screening...

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  21. Sung Chung (QRT Inc.)
    15/11/2018, 11:00
    Mitigation and hardening
  22. Dr Fakhreddine Ghaffari (ENSEA)
    15/11/2018, 12:00
    Mitigation and hardening
  23. Dr José Ramón González (ESA/ESTEC), Dr Carsten Baur (ESA/ESTEC)
    15/11/2018, 14:30
    Mitigation and hardening
  24. 15/11/2018, 15:30
  25. Alessandra Costantino (ESA-ESTEC), Michele Muschitiello (ESA-ESTEC TEC-QEC), Dr Jaime Estela (Spectrum ARC GmbH)
    15/11/2018, 15:30
  26. Prof. Frédéric WROBEL (University Montpellier 2 - IES)
    16/11/2018, 09:30
  27. Mr Michel Pignol (CNES)
    16/11/2018, 11:00
    Commercial Off-The-Shelf components

    This talk describes one application of CNES methodology for allowing using commercial (COTS) digital electronic components in large spacecrafts. The required steps the components have to successfully pass before to be authorized to fly are presented. Then, the limitation concerning COTS usable performance is outlined. Even if these specificities reduce the attractiveness of commercial...

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  28. Mr Jaime Estela (Spectrum ARC GmbH)
    16/11/2018, 12:00
    Commercial Off-The-Shelf components

    Commercial electronics compared to their space qualified counterparts are increasingly proving to be fit for use in space. High performance and reliability together with reduction of qualification costs and less testing time play an important role in the development of the space market. Space- COTS are commercial components qualified for small satellite missions, which support the NewSpace...

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  29. Mr Ruben Garcia Alia (CERN)
    16/11/2018, 14:30
    Commercial Off-The-Shelf components
  30. Dr Karin Lundmark (ESA)
    16/11/2018, 15:30
    Commercial Off-The-Shelf components
  31. Dr Raoul Velazco (Laboratoire TIMA), Dr Gregoire Deprez (ESA)
    16/11/2018, 16:00
  32. Kyle Lewis (TI)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    The ADC12DJ3200QML is an RF-sampling giga-sample ADC that can directly sample input frequencies from DC to above 10 GHz. In dual channel mode, ADC12DJ3200 can sample up to 3200-MSPS and in single channel mode up to 6400-MSPS. Programmable tradeoffs in channel count (dual channel mode) and Nyquist bandwidth (single channel mode) allow development of flexible hardware that meets the needs of...

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  33. Ms Ludovica Bozzoli (Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN)
    Commercial Off-The-Shelf components
    Poster

    ABSTRACT - SRAM-based Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in Aerospace Applications are increasingly attractive for their high integration and reprogrammability but their configuration memory still suffers of and high radiation sensitivity and still requires long time to be reconfigured in-flight. Thus, dependability and performability of such systems are major concerns in safety-critical...

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  34. Jan Broulim
    Radiation effects
    Poster

    Single Event Effects (SEE), caused generally by single energetic particles, pose an important issue when implementing electronics in a harsh radiation environment. In this work, we present an electronic system for measuring SEEs timely and spatially correlated with Timepix detectors. The Timepix detector is a semiconductor pixel detector, which contains 256 x 256 pixels. It provides energy or...

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  35. Milan Malich
    Mitigation and hardening
    Poster

    Development of read-out interfaces dedicated for the advanced hybrid radiation pixel detector Timepix will be presented. A basic concept and importance of a read-out interface as an absolutely necessary supporting electronics for proper operation and exploitation of the radiation detector Timepix and its advanced features will be explained. Then several application specific variants of...

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  36. Michael Holik (IEAP CTU in Prague; FEE UWB in Pilsen)
    Space environments
    Poster

    Concept, purpose and functionality of the highly miniaturized radiation monitor (MIRAM) will be presented. The monitor is a specialized device with purpose of radiation field monitoring-characterization and online composition recognition with purpose to be deployed and operated on the earth orbit satellites. The device is currently being developed for ESA-ESTEC institution. Design has to meet...

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  37. Anežka Kabátová (FNSPE CTU in Prague)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    The presented radiation detection device X-CHIP-03 is a monolithic silicon detection chip based on 180 nm SoI technology. The chip consists of square pixel cells with a 60 $\mu$m pitch forming an array of 64 x 64 pixels covering an active surface of 3.84 x 3.84 mm$^2$. X-CHIP-03 has two operation modes – hit counting mode and ADC mode dedicated to the measurement of deposited energy in...

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  38. Mr Marko Andjelkovic (IHP)
    Radiation effects
    Poster

    Single Event Transients (SETs), originating in combinational logic as a result of the passage of energetic particles, represent nowadays a serious reliability issue for electronics operating under radiation exposure. In that regard, analysis of the SET generation and propagation effects in combinational logic is an important step in the rad-hard design. To enable efficient SET evaluation, the...

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  39. Mr Sedki Amor (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics, Université catholique de Louvain, Place du Levant, 3, 1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.)
    Mitigation and hardening
    Poster

    Abstract: Silicon On Insulator (SOI) technology has already improved immunity to Single Event Effects (SEE) thanks to the presence of the Buried Oxide (BOX). However, this technology remain very sensitive to the Total Ionizing Dose (TID) [1]. In recent works, we have integrated micro-heaters in the close vicinity of Partially-Depleted (PD) Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors...

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  40. Mr Si CHEN (APC Laboratory / CNRS)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    The ATHENA mission is an on-going X-Ray spacing observatory project of ESA, dedicated to the scientific theme « The Hot and Energetic Universe ». The 12-meter telescope will work in a halo orbit around the second Lagrangian point (L2 Sun-Earth) during its 5 year lifetime at the end of the next decade. The X-Ray spectral imager on board, X-IFU, based on 3840 superconducting microcalorimeters...

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  41. Mr Pedro Martín-Holgado (Centro Nacional de Aceleradores)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    In this work we summarize some recent experiments carried out at the three different irradiation facilities from the Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA), using either gamma radiation from a Co-60 source, or protons and neutrons from the particle accelerators. In addition, the main characteristics of a new chamber which will be available at CNA in the near future and specially designed to...

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  42. Matteo Cecchetto (CERN)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    I. ABSTRACT
    The Single Event Upset (SEU) characterization of electronic components, requiring characteristics of radiation-hardness and employed in high-energy accelerators, relies on the knowledge of high-energy hadron cross sections typically measured with high-energy protons. Preliminary irradiation tests performed with an Americium-Beryllium (Am-Be) neutron source at CERN, demonstrated...

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  43. Mr David Lucsanyi (ESA/ESTEC)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    Pyxel [1] is a novel, end-to-end Python framework designed to host and pipeline analytical, numerical and statistical models simulating detector effects such as cosmic rays, noise sources, Charge Transfer Inefficiency, persistence, dark current and other radiation effects on images produced by CCD or CMOS-based imaging detectors. It is currently under development at the European Space Agency...

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  44. Jan Zich (University of West Bohemia)
    Commercial Off-The-Shelf components
    Poster

    Single Event Effects (SEE) are the main type of electronics failures when a device operates under extreme harsh conditions, i. e. particle accelerators or space environment. SmartFusion2 FPGA is produced as a radiation-tolerant device with some operability under such conditions. In this work, a test device for checking the reliability and aging of the FPGA is presented. The tester is based on...

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  45. Mr Kozo Takeuchi (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency)
    Radiation effects
    Poster

    Single event effects (SEEs) of atom switches (ASs) embedded on 40-nm complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) were investigated with both heavy ion and pulsed laser irradiation. In the evaluation of atom switch-based field programmable Gate Array (AS-FPGA), ASs showed immunity against the irradiation and there was no change of the state of ASs both in a cross-bar switch and memory in...

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  46. Matěj Vaculčiak (Czech Technical University)
    Tests and simulations
    Poster

    The SXRM is a concept of a multilayer cosmic radiation detector currently being developed at the FNSPE, CTU in Prague.
    Its main objective is a determination of the incoming particles species, estimation of their energy using pattern recognition techniques and trajectories reconstruction.
    The geometric layout is designed to be compact with dimensions of \mbox{$5 \times 5 \times 4.2$ cm$^3$}...

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