• DocumentCode
    786774
  • Title

    Radiation-Resistant Power Circuits

  • Author

    Dickhaut, R.H. ; Sayle, W.E. ; Ingraham, C.N.

  • Author_Institution
    The Boeing Company Seattle, Washington
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    228
  • Lastpage
    230
  • Abstract
    Three radiation-hardened power circuits have been designed, fabricated, and tested. These semiconductor circuits, which typify functions found in advanced missile systems, are (1) a high-voltage, 100-watt d.c.-to-d.c. converter, (2) a 50-kHz, 10-watt modulator or chopper, and (3) a 250-watt power switch. All circuits were specifically designed for extreme hardness to nuclear radiation environments and have been proven hard to 5 x 1011 rads(Si)/sec and neutron fluences up to 3 x 1014 n/cm2 (E>10 kev).
  • Keywords
    Bridge circuits; Choppers; Circuit testing; Missiles; Neutrons; Power supplies; Radiation hardening; Resistors; Semiconductor diodes; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1967.4324799
  • Filename
    4324799
    • Link To Document
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