The New Space industry resorts to this way of saving. Such a shortcut obviously is cost-efficient, but it still invokes knowledgeable, educated technical decisions. It is not enough to accept some usually undefined risks. The cost of cost-saving has to be known.
CNES continue to make research to improve its knowledge on COTS reliability. For example, many parts are sensitive to radiations effects and in particular to single event latch-up that could affect the overall reliability of devices.
We will introduce you to the software we have developed with budget and timescales in mind, which allows any user to rapidly obtain an evaluation of the radiation effects on your COTS components.
Our study aims at evaluating the radiation sensitivity of this technology which needs to be progressed to expedite the adoption of PICs for space applications. The following approach is to irradiate a PIC-based COTS device, (a narrow linewidth tunable laser source) that is composed of several building blocks of which we aim to determine radiation sensitivity
This work presents how a new approach, based on Machine Learning, to analyze any available information on the performance of COTS could help to carry out this assessment. It evaluates how valuable information might be extracted from archival data despite the limitation of the size of the analyzed dataset in a few practical examples of Total Ionizing Dose (TID) and Displacement Damage (DD) tests.
R2COTS solution addresses the main axes to watch out for when procuring and qualifying COTS components and offers the best trade-off between EEE requirements and the new space needs
The RADNEXT irradiation network offers various testing opportunities for radiation effects research applications and users, from academia to industry. As a complement to the transnational facility access, several Joint Research Activities are also part of the project.
The non-linear resistance behavior is successfully use to get specific features like sensors, limiters, ESD protection, self-balancing temperature stabilisation etc. using still a relatively simple and reliable passive component.