THE SPACE MICRO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU) TEAM WILL DEVELOP AN ALL-DIGITALLY CONTROLLED, WIDE TEMPERAT…

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THE SPACE MICRO ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY (ASU) TEAM WILL DEVELOP AN ALL-DIGITALLY CONTROLLED, WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE POINT-OF-LOAD SWITCH-MODE DC-DC REGULATOR CORE WITH BUILT-IN SELF-TEST (BIST) FUNCTIONALITY WHICH MEETS SPACE RADIATION REQUIREMENTS. IN PHASE I WE WILL PRODUCE A DESIGN THAT CAN BE FABRICATED INTO SILICON IN PHASE II AND DEMONSTRATE ASPECTS OF THE DESIGN IN THE LABORATORY WITH SOME PREEXISTING SILICON CIRCUITS AND DISCRETE COMPONENTS. POTENTIAL NASA COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS (LIMIT 1500 CHARACTERS, APPROXIMATELY 150 WORDS) VIRTUALLY ALL NASA SPACE PROGRAMS HAVE A DEMAND FOR THIS PROPOSED TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT. NASA APPLICATIONS RANGE FROM SPACE SHUTTLE, SPACE STATION, EARTH SENSING MISSIONS E.G. (EOS), AND DEEP SPACE MISSIONS. NASA PROGRAMS/MISSIONS THAT WILL BENEFIT INCLUDE LUNAR LANDERS AND ORBITERS, MARS MISSIONS, SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION E.G. (TITAN, JUNO, GYNEMEAD, COMET NUCLEUS RETURN, NEW DISCOVERY AND LIVING WITH A STAR (LWS). NEW PROGRAMS INCLUDING BOTH ARES, THE ORION CREW EXPLORATION VEHICLE (CEV) AND COMMERCIAL ORBITER TRANSPORTATION SERVICE (COTS) WOULD BENEFIT. PRODUCTS EVOLVING FROM THIS SBIR WILL BE ENABLING FOR FUTURE PROGRAMS SUCH AS DAWN, AQUARIUS, KEPLER, OCEAN VECTOR WINDS, AND SPACE INTERFEROMETRY.