Title :
FlexRay with polymer-clad-silica fiber as transmitting medium in aviation electronics
Author :
Lubkoll, Jan ; Strauß, Uwe ; Pollakis, Nikos ; Strobel, Otto
Author_Institution :
Diehl Aerosp. GmbH, Uberlingen
Abstract :
Current aircrafts have a metal body with resulting advantages and disadvantages. To lighten aircrafts, the new generation will be built with carbon fiber fuselage. Therefore, they will loose a lot of their protection against lightning and cosmic radiation. To avoid problems in signal transmission we are analyzing several possible solutions. One of these solutions is the replacement of the electrical copper layer by polymer-optical fibers (POF) or polymer-clad-silica (PCS) fibers and the application of the bus protocol FlexRay, which is widely used in the automotive industry.
Keywords :
aerospace materials; avionics; optical fibres; polymers; silicon compounds; FlexRay; automotive industry; aviation electronics; bus protocol FlexRay; carbon fiber fuselage; electrical copper layer; polymer-clad-silica fiber; polymer-optical fibers; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Automotive engineering; Copper; Lightning; Personal communication networks; Polymers; Protection; Protocols; Signal analysis; Aviation; FlexRay; PCS; POF; VCSEL (Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser);
Conference_Titel :
Mediterranean Winter, 2008. ICTON-MW 2008. 2nd ICTON
Conference_Location :
Marrakech
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3484-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3485-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICTONMW.2008.4773072
