Radiation Screening of COTS Components and Verification of COTS RHA Approach

COTS Test Candidates

Motivation for Test Candidates 

• COTS components
• State-of-the-art technologies 
• Special interest to ESA and the space industry
• Focus on SmallSat applications

•  Innovative Memories
•  European Microcontrollers
•  Operational Amplifiers
•  Multiplexer
•  DC/DC converter
•  A/D converter

Several SEE Test Campaigns 

Proton Testing 

Proton Irradiation Facility (PIF)

PSI, Switzerland

http://pif.web.psi.ch

Heavy Ion Testing
RADEF
Jyväskylä, Finland

https://www.jyu.fi/fysiikka/en/research/accelerator/radef/facility

Heavy Ion Testing 

Heavy Ion Facility (HIF) 

UCL, Belgium

http://www.cyc.ucl.ac.be/HIF/HIF.php 

TID Test Campaigns – TEC-Laboratory, Seibersdorf (A) 

Innovation – Radiation Hardness Assurance for COTS

Objectives

• Propose RHA approach for COTS
• Investigate upset rate calculation tools

Content

• Literature review 
• Ad-hoc RHA approach 
  • appropriate risk assessment
  • calculation tools
    e.g. PROFIT, SIMPA, FOM
  • statistical analysis
• Compare SEU rate measurements 
• Cost saving aspects

Summary

• CORHA – ESA project on RHA for COTS was launched in January 2019

• Coordinator: Seibersdorf Laboratories, Partner: University of Padova 
• Project duration is 36 months
• Testing of 12 state-of-the art and innovative COTS components for TID and SEE effects
• Test candidates are selected and procured
• Test set-up preparations are ongoing, TRR on 27th November 2019
• An innovative RHA approach for COTS will conclude the study in 2021