System level radiation response of a high performance fiber optic data bus

Author

Dale, Cheryl J. ; Marshal, Paul W. ; Fritz, Martin E. ; De La Chapelle, Michael ; Carts, Martin A. ; LaBel, Kenneth A.

Author_Institution

Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1030

Lastpage

1037

Abstract

We present experimental determinations of the total ionizing dose response and the proton-induced Single Event Upset (SEU) sensitivity of components comprising a 200 Mbps star coupled fiber optic data bus. These results are compared with the in-situ response of the operating system under proton bombardment, resulting in excellent correlation of the system error rate with proton-induced bit errors in the receiver photodiode. Modeling and error rate predictions for orbital performance indicate robust tolerance to even harsh natural space environments

Keywords

data communication; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical receivers; proton effects; 200 Mbit/s; error rate predictions; fiber optic data bus; harsh natural space environments; orbital performance; proton bombardment; proton-induced bit errors; proton-induced single event upset; receiver photodiode; robust tolerance; star coupled data bus; system error rate; system level radiation response; total ionizing dose response; Error analysis; Operating systems; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Photodiodes; Predictive models; Protons; Robustness; Single event upset;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9499

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/23.510751

Filename

510751