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

fYear

2008

fDate

11-13 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

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);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTONMW.2008.4773072

Filename

4773072