Title :
Solar flare proton environment for estimating downtime of spacecraft CCDs
Author :
Mikkelson, Eric ; Baba, Wesley
Author_Institution :
Survivability Eng., Boeing Satellite Syst., El Segundo, CA, USA
Abstract :
A solar flare proton environment is presented that includes both flux and duration. This environment can be used to estimate the maximum downtime of a charge-coupled device (CCD), resulting from proton-induced false images.
Keywords :
CCD image sensors; charge-coupled devices; integrated circuit reliability; optical tracking; proton effects; solar flares; space vehicle electronics; CCD arrays; charge-coupled devices; proton-induced false images; solar flare proton environment; solar flare proton flux/duration; spacecraft CCD maximum downtime estimation; star trackers; Aerospace electronics; Aerospace engineering; Charge coupled devices; Design engineering; Position measurement; Protons; Resumes; Satellites; Space vehicles; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Radiation Effects Data Workshop, 2002 IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7544-0
DOI :
10.1109/REDW.2002.1045526
