Author :
Tranchero, M. ; Sansoè, C.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 (ITALY)
Abstract :
This paper describes how a ferroelectric RAM from Ramtron has been used to increase the reliability of PiCPoT, a small satellite developed at Politecnico di Torino for educational purposes. It compares the FeRAM solution with respect to a FLASH one. The memories are used for saving housekeeping telemetry data while the satellite is far from the ground station. Due to the intrinsic radiation tolerance and the lower power consumption, FeRAM are very suitable for the application.
Keywords :
Ferroelectric films; Nonvolatile memory; Orbits; Power supplies; Random access memory; Reliability; Satellites;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2008. ISAF 2008. 17th IEEE International Symposium on the
Conference_Location :
Santa Re, NM, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2744-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4734
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.2008.4693722
