Space Enhanced Plastic Products (SEP) devices developed to address, among others, New Space applications, offer the following advantages over standard catalog products
The space industry needs to address varying challenges in different markets that have the same structure and teams. In addition to more traditional Class I and Class II projects driven by Geospace (GEO) operators and space agencies, there is more demand for alternative solutions that provide significant cost reductions and better time to market for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations and space exploration vehicles (i.e. launchers, rovers, robots). COTS solutions are increasingly used in these applications to address this new trend, but they bring concerns in regards to orbit evolution, mission duration and changing customer requirements.
Space is a harsh environment due to vacuum, UV, temperature, vibration and radiation…etc. Before landing a space vehicle, devices and materials have to be tested at ground level in order to estimate the effect of all these parameters to know about irradiators.
Some background information about BMTI will be introduced. 1. Using built-in self-test (BIST) structures for SEE test BIST structures, scan chains and memory-BIST, are used in SEE hardness assurance of BMTI’s IC products. The basic principle, consideration and skills will be given. Some implications for SEE assurance will be discussed.