RADIATION-TOLERANT REPROGRAMMABLE FPGA FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITS TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: FIELD PRO…

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RADIATION-TOLERANT REPROGRAMMABLE FPGA FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUITS TECHNICAL ABSTRACT: FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS ARE A WIDELY USED TECHNOLOGY; HOWEVER, THEY ARE GENERALLY LIMITED IN REPROGRAMMABILITY. RADIATION HARD, LOW POWER AND HIGH DENSITY REPROGRAMMABLE FPGAS (RP-FPGAS) WOULD BE A TREMENDOUS ASSET IN LONG DURATION MISSIONS. THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGING MISSION PROFILES AND ON BOARD CAPABILITIES IS HIGHLY DESIRABLE. WE ARE DEVELOPING A RP-FPGA TECHNOLOGY FOR FLIGHT USE. IN PHASE I WE HAVE PROVEN BASIC DEVICE CONCEPTS INCREASING TEMPERATURE STABILITY, DEMONSTRATING SCALABLE PRODUCTION PROCESS, AND DEVELOPING REFINING PHASE II TASKS. WE HAVE ACHIEVED THIS SUCCESS BY WORKING WITH A LEADING FPGA MANUFACTURER, AND THE ENABLING MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY INVENTOR AND OTHERS. THE RANGE OF TECHNICAL INTERACTIONS HAS ALSO BEEN INCREASED AS A RESULT OF THE PHASE I EFFORT. IN PHASE II WE WILL DEVELOP A VIABLE DEMONSTRATION PROTOTYPE THAT WILL ENABLE ROUTINE PHASE III DEVICE MANUFACTURE. PRESENT WORK HAS SHOWN THE DESIRED END SHOULD BE WELL ACHIEVABLE.