Fiber optic backplane for reducing HIRF effects in fault tolerant computing platforms

Author

Malekpour, Mahyar

Author_Institution

NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

26-30 Oct 1997

Firstpage

4.3

Abstract

The design and development of a fault-tolerant fiber-optic backplane to reduce the effects of electromagnetic environments (EME) on flight critical computing platforms is presented. The backplane was developed at the NASA Langley Research Center, and is currently undergoing analysis, simulation, and tests. The simulation results of tests on the backplane in the advent of simulated High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) induced faults are presented, and the fault recovery capability of the architecture is demonstrated. The architecture was designed, developed, and implemented using the Very High Speed Integrated Circuits (VHSIC) Hardware Description Language (VHDL). The architecture was synthesized and implemented in hardware using Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) on multiple Personal Computer (PC) boards

Keywords

aerospace simulation; aircraft computers; computer testing; electromagnetic interference; fault tolerant computing; field programmable gate arrays; hardware description languages; optical fibre couplers; optical interconnections; reliability; system buses; very high speed integrated circuits; Field Programmable Gate Arrays; HIRF effects; Hardware Description Language; NASA Langley Research Center; Very High Speed Integrated Circuits; effects of electromagnetic environment; fault recovery; fault tolerant computing platforms; fiber optic backplane; flight critical computing platforms; multiple Personal Computer boards; simulated High Intensity Radiated Fields; Backplanes; Circuit faults; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Computer architecture; Fault tolerance; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical fibers; Very high speed integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Digital Avionics Systems Conference, 1997. 16th DASC., AIAA/IEEE

Conference_Location

Irvine, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4150-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DASC.1997.635075

Filename

635075