In-situ, low dose rate, total ionising dose test of the cooling performance of a thermoelectric module

Author

Hofman, Jiri

Author_Institution

Synergy Health Plc. (formerly Isotron Ltd.), Didcot, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

23-27 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This work presents and discusses the design and fully automated total ionising dose test of a thermoelectric cooling module. The goal was to develop a reliable test method which can be used to measure potential total ionising dose induced degradation of the cooling performance and demonstrate this method in a long term, low dose rate experiment. Details of the tested hardware and fully automated test system are published in this work, including preliminary test results and lessons learned.

Keywords

automatic test equipment; thermoelectric cooling; automated test system; low dose rate; reliable test method; thermoelectric cooling performance total ionising dose degradation measurement; thermoelectric module cooling performance in-situ; Current measurement; Degradation; Humidity; Power measurement; Radiation effects; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; automated test equipment; humidity control; humidity measurement; test methods; test software; thermoelectric cooler; thermometers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation and Its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS), 2013 14th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Oxford

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADECS.2013.6937397

Filename

6937397