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Compact instrumentation for radiation tolerance test of flash memories in space environment

Giuseppe CapuanoIsodiana CrupiSebania LibertinoErnesto Della SalaYakov RoizinAntonio MarinoM. LisianskySalvatore LombardoCalogero Pace

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EngineeringTolerance analysisbusiness.industrySystem testingSettore ING-INF/01 - ElettronicaFlash memorySpace equipmentNon-volatile memoryNon-volatile memoryFPGA-based instrumentationRadiation hardneInstrumentation (computer programming)businessField-programmable gate arrayRadiation hardeningInstrumentationComputer hardwareSpace environment

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Aim of this work is the description of a test equipment, designed to be integrated on board of a microsatellite, able to investigate the radiation tolerance of non-volatile memory arrays in a real flight experiment. An FPGA-based design was adopted to preserve a high flexibility degree. Besides standard Program/Read/Erase functions, additional features such as failure data screening and latch-up protection have been implemented. The instrument development phase generated, as a by-product, a non-rad-hard version of the instrument that allowed performing in-situ experiments using 60Co and 10 MeV Boron irradiation facilities on Ground. Preliminary measurement results are reported to show the instrumentation potential. © 2010 IEEE.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-01-01
10.1109/imtc.2010.5488118http://hdl.handle.net/10447/176694