Radiation hardened microprocessor pdf

Total dose testing of the isl706arh radiation hardened microprocessor supervisory circuit nick van vonno intersil corporation revision 1 february 2012 table of contents 1. Bae systems uses radiationhardening by design to produce the rad 5545 systemonchip radhard microprocessor, which company officials say is one of the most reliable radiationhardened processors. The microprocessors have 32bit and 64bit komdiv architecture with embeddedspacewire, rapidio, ethernet and milstd1553b interfaces. It is sampled only during the next tothe last clock cycle of an instruction and during hold and halt states. The successor of the rad6000, the rad750 is for use in high radiation environments experienced on board satellites and spacecraft. This study aims to investigate radiationhardness aspects such as singleevent effects see for electronic components at scaled technology nodes using utbb fdsoi 28nm. The base year used for this study is 2015, and the forecast period considered is between 2016 and 2022.

Bae systems family of radiationhardened computer products provide the most reliable and technologically advanced generalpurpose microprocessors for space applications to date, we have provided more than 1,000 computers across 300 satellites, accumulating more than 10,000 years of flight heritage without failure. Postsilicon validation of radiation hardened microprocessor, embedded flash and test structures by anudeep reddy gogulamudi a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree master of science approved april 2016 by the graduate supervisory committee. The article provides a detailed description of the series of special radiationhardened microprocessor developed by srisa for use in space technology. Design of a radiation hardened register file for highly reliable microprocessors article pdf available in international journal of engineering and manufacturing 65 february 2016 with 282 reads. Technology shrinking that comes with decrease in supply voltage, affects the sensitivity of the sram cells. Radiation hardening is required to immunize systems and applications from radiation, such as cosmic rays, which affect the reliability of conventional electronics.

Total ionizing dose tid barn06 and single event effects sees mavis02 are the two major radiation effects on mos devices. Radiation hardened overview within the aerospace and defense portfolio, microchip is proud to include the entire atmel radhard product line. Radiation hardened computer systems are often costly and are actually two or three generations behind in computational capability, a significant shortfall for missions. The radiationhardened electronics market was valued at usd 935. Currently available processor options for space missions are limited due to the lengthy. The radiation hardened pipeline is achieved by incorporating settoffbased selfchecking cells into the sequential cells of the pipeline. Radiation hardening is the process of making electronic components and circuits resistant to damage or malfunction caused by high levels of ionizing radiation particle radiation and highenergy electromagnetic radiation, especially for environments in outer space and highaltitude flight, around nuclear reactors and particle accelerators, or during nuclear accidents or nuclear warfare. Powerpc 750m microprocessor, based on the original design database. A radiation hardened reconfigurable fpga shankarnarayanan ramaswamy 1, leonard rockett, dinu patel 1, steven danziger rajit manohar2, clinton w.

This chips architecture supports the industry leading performance of 400 mips operating at 200 mhz. The bae rad750 is the most commonly used radiation hardened microprocessor in space it is based on the power pc 750, which was designed in 1997 and used as the original imac processor in 1998 bae recently released the rad750 replacement, which is the rad5545. Or could a single flash of radiation invalidate all memory on the device. Introduction when it goes into production in early 2001, the rad750 will be the highest performance radiationhardened generalpurpose processor available. Low earth orbit, although it has more radiation then. Isl706arh rad hard supervisory renesas electronics. Systemlevel hardening can be expensive on many different levels costsystem designed to compensate for component weaknesses scheduledesign and verification of hardening are time consuming performancemost radiation mitigations require compromising performance. Radiation hardened aerospace and defense microchip. The devices in this family are radiation hardened 5.

Radiation hardened software intelligent systems division nasa. Sandia will develop a custom, radiationhardened version of the pentium processor for use in satellites, space vehicles, and defense systems. Radiationhardness components at scaled technology nodes. Kelly, iv 2, john lofton holt, virantha ekanayake2, dan elftmann2 1bae systems, 9300 wellington road, manassas, va, 20110, usa. It allows system cost reduction with a better integration without compromising on performance. Commercial microprocessors in harsh radiation environments. A radiationtolerant microcontroller from microchip january 10, 2018 by nick davis microchips atmegas64m1 avr microcontroller offers enhanced radiation protection, an extended temperature range, and increased reliability for space and aerospace applications. If it is active, the programcounter pc will be inhibited from incrementing and an inta will be issued.

Holbert and lawrence clark arizona state university neet2. Us20140258958a1 method for conversion of commercial. Atmel space radhard processors microchip technology. I wonder how hard it is to create a radiation hardened cpu. The first rad750 flight units were launched in 2005 on deep impact, xss11, and mars reconnaissance orbiter missions. The evolving world of radiationhardened electronics. Pdf 80486dx2rp 32bit 80486dx2rp 80486dx2 hz66 hz33 architecture of 80486dx2 80486dx2 microprocessor tm5005 radiation hardened intel 80486dx2. Pdf design of a radiation hardened register file for.

Radiation hardened 8bit cmos microprocessor the hs80c85rh is an 8bit cmos microprocessor fabricated using the intersil radiation hardened selfaligned junction isolated saji silicon gate technology. For user options and uses of the following features, refer to the virtex5qv fpga user guide addendum contact your local fae for more information. Since those first flights, 28 additional rad750 microprocessors have been launched. Designing and testing a radiation hardened 8051like micro. Office of nuclear energy sensors and instrumentation. Overview of radiation hardening techniques for ic design.

A replay recovery mechanism is also developed at the architectural level to recover the detected errors. Pdf designing a radiation hardened 8051like microcontroller. Title hs80c85 rh subject radiation hardened 8bit cmos microprocessor autho r, pos radiation hardened 8bit cmos microprocessor hs80c85rh august 2000 file number 3036. This paper presents a prototype of a hardened version of the 8051 microcontroller, able to assure reliable operation in the presence of bit flips caused by radiation. Radiation hardened electronics destined for severe nuclear. The iss itself is radiation hardened for the warm bodies that inhabit it.

The design highly efficient radiationhardened microprocessor for enabling spacecraft hermes is a radiationhardened microprocessor with performance comparable to the commercially available designs. Research on radiation tolerant electronics has increased rapidly over the. The proposed pipeline protection technique is implemented in an openrisc microprocessor in 65nm. First, seven major radiation damage sources, two fundamental damage mechanisms, five sorts of enduser effects and six types of singleevent effects are introduced, followed by. Design of a radiation hardened register file for highly. Providing effective hardening solutions for general logic in microprocessor pipelines, in particular, is a major challenge and still remains open. These devices significantly improve accuracy and reliability relative to discrete solutions. Space exploration requires radiation hardened microprocessors which minimize the functional disruptions in the presence of radiation. Rad750tm radiation hardened powerpctm microprocessor. An overview of radiation hardening techniques for ic design is given in this study.

A radiationhardened encoder for robotics in radiation environments submitted for the 16th florida conference on the recent advances in robots by. The features of the rad750 are described, as well as the process of radiation hardening. In particular, system test of this technology for arm processor cores with several strategies of. Bringing faulttolerant gigahertzcomputing to space. This twoyear project will develop both board and applicationspecific integrated circuit asic level radiation hard by design rhbd.

Is the premise that radiation can flip bits in the ondie cache and registers. Pdf this paper presents a prototype of a hardened version of the 8051 micro controller, able to assure. Non radiation hardened microprocessors in spaced based remote sensing systems the calipso cloudaerosol lidar and infrared pathfinder satellite observations mission is a comprehensive suite of active and passive sensors including a 20hz 230mj nd. With nearly 10 times the performance of current radhard space processors, the. Radiationhardened, spacegrade virtex5qv family data.

Description based on reengineered commercial technology, it is a licensed, radhard version of the ibm powerpc 750. Rad750 processor is the most powerful radiationhardened. During this cycle arestart or call instruction can be inserted to jump to. The control status of equipment and components described in 3a001 or 3a002, other than those described in 3a001. Bae systems family of radiationhardened computer products provide the most reliable and technologically advanced generalpurpose microprocessors for space applications to date, we have provided more than 1,000 computers across 300 satellites, accumulating more than 10,000 years of flight heritage without. A4 radiationhardening outcomes for spacegrade cpus, dsps, and fpgas. Radiation hardened low power digital signal processor michael e. Heather quinn, lanl, and other members of the microprocessor and fpga mitigation working group sergeh vartanian, andrew daniel, and greg allen, jpl voragotechnologies collaborating on hardwareplans paolo rech gpuapplications, ufrgs. Rtx2010 radiationhardened stack machine microprocessor. Radiationhardened by design technology the virtex5qv fpga is built with radiationhardened by design rhbd technology to provide intrinsic hardness from seu and set to select elements of the device. A radiationhardened encoder for robotics in radiation. Conventional radiationhardening techniques, typically used in safetycritical applications, are prohibitively expensive for nonsafetycritical microprocessors in terrestrial environments.

Latchup free operation is achieved by the use of epitaxial starting material to eliminate the parasitic scr effect seen in. Yag lidar, a visible wavelength earthlooking camera and an imaging infrared radiometer. Lima d5 designing and testing a radiation hardened 8051like microcontroller f. Fleming, william spiller, and mike yee digital signal processing architectures inc. The design highly efficient radiationhardened microprocessor for enabling spacecraft hermes is a radiationhardened microprocessor with performance comparable to the commercially available. Atmel introduces rad hard microcontrollers hackaday. Summary of the radiation testing of the intel pentium iii.