Author/Authors :
Del Monte، نويسنده , , Ettore and Pacciani، نويسنده , , Luigi and Porrovecchio، نويسنده , , Geiland and Soffitta، نويسنده , , Paolo and Costa، نويسنده , , Enrico and di Persio، نويسنده , , Giuseppe and Feroci، نويسنده , , Marco and Mastropietro، نويسنده , , Marcello and Morelli، نويسنده , , Ennio and Rapisarda، نويسنده , , Massimo and Rubini، نويسنده , , Alda and Bisello، نويسنده , , Dario and Ca، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
The XAA1.2 is a custom ASIC chip for space applications built using a 0.8 μ m complementary metal oxide semiconductor technology on epitaxial layer. It has been selected as the front-end electronics chip of the SuperAGILE experiment on board the AGILE space mission, although it is not specifically designed as a radiation hard device. To study the XAA1.2 sensitivity to Single Event Effects and Total Dose Effects we irradiate this chip at the SIRAD facility of the Laboratori Nazionali INFN of Legnaro. In this paper we describe the experimental set-up and the measurements. We then discuss how the results can be scaled to the cosmic rays environment in a low-Earth orbit.
Keywords :
High-energy astrophysics , ASIC , X-rays , Radiation damage
