Comparative measurements of single event upset and total dose environments using the CREAM instruments

Author

Dyer, C.S. ; Sims, A.J. ; Farren, J. ; Stephen, J. ; Underwood, C.

Author_Institution

Defence Res. Agency, Royal Aerospace Establishment, Farnborough, UK

fYear

1991

fDate

9-12 Sep 1991

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

301

Abstract

The Cosmic Radiation Environment and Activation Monitor (CREAM) is taking regular measurements in the upper atmosphere on board the supersonic Concorde, while a further version of the same instrument is currently scheduled for flight on the Space Shuttle during September and November 1991. Meanwhile a sister instrument (CREDO) is continuously monitoring the environment in sun-synchronous orbit on board UOSAT-3. These contemporaneous flights of similar instruments enable intercomparison of environments as well as verification of predictive models and correlation with device behaviour. The extensive data set encompasses both quiet-time data and solar-particle events

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; aerospace simulation; cosmic ray effects and interactions; dosimetry; p-i-n photodiodes; radiation monitoring; space vehicles; CREAM instruments; CREDO instrument; CREME code; Concorde; Cosmic Radiation Effects and Dosimetry system; Cosmic Radiation Environment and Activation Monitor; Space Shuttle; UOSAT-3; device behaviour; intercomparison of environments; predictive models; quiet-time data; single event upset; solar-particle events; spacecraft microelectronics; sun-synchronous orbit; total dose environments; upper atmosphere; Aircraft manufacture; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Predictive models; Radiation monitoring; Single event upset; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation and its Effects on Devices and Systems, 1991. RADECS 91., First European Conference on

Conference_Location

La Grande-Motte

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0208-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADECS.1991.213587

Filename

213587