Title :
Radiation hardness of a low-cost point-to-point fibre optic data communication system
Author :
Metzger, S. ; Henschel, H. ; Köhn, O. ; Lennartz, W. ; Schmidt, H.U.
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-INT, Euskirchen, Germany
Abstract :
We present an experimental determination of the radiation response of commercial fibre optic transmitters and receivers for Local Area Networks. The transmission during irradiation was tested with analog as well as digital signals. We studied the radiation susceptibility up to a total 60Co gamma dose of 100 kGy and up to 1012 neutrons/cm2 (14 MeV). The results show that the components are working well up to these dose and neutron fluence values
Keywords :
data communication; gamma-ray effects; neutron effects; optical fibre LAN; optical receivers; optical transmitters; radiation hardening (electronics); 100 kGy; 14 MeV; analog signal; digital signal; gamma irradiation; local area network; neutron irradiation; point-to-point fibre optic data communication system; radiation hardness; receiver; transmitter; Data communication; Ethernet networks; Fiber optics; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems, 1997. RADECS 97. Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4071-X
DOI :
10.1109/RADECS.1997.698957
