Radiation-Tolerant Delta-Sigma Time-to-Digital Converters

Radiation-Tolerant Delta-Sigma Time-to-Digital Converters

Author: Ying Cao

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-02-09

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 3319118420

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This book focuses on the design of a Mega-Gray (a standard unit of total ionizing radiation) radiation-tolerant ps-resolution time-to-digital converter (TDC) for a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) system used in a gamma-radiation environment. Several radiation-hardened-by-design (RHBD) techniques are demonstrated throughout the design of the TDC and other circuit techniques to improve the TDC's resolution in a harsh environment are also investigated. Readers can learn from scratch how to design a radiation-tolerant IC. Information regarding radiation effects, radiation-hardened design techniques and measurements are organized in such a way that readers can easily gain a thorough understanding of the topic. Readers will also learn the design theory behind the newly proposed delta-sigma TDC. Readers can quickly acquire knowledge about the design of radiation-hardened bandgap voltage references and low-jitter relaxation oscillators, which are introduced in the content from a designer's perspective. · Discusses important aspects of radiation-tolerant analog IC design, including realistic applications and radiation effects on ICs; · Demonstrates radiation-hardened-by-design techniques through a design-test-radiation assessment practice; · Describes a new type of Time-to-Digital (TDC) converter designed for radiation-tolerant application; · Explains the design and measurement of all functional blocks (e.g., bandgap reference, relaxation oscillator) in the TDC.


Nyquist AD Converters, Sensor Interfaces, and Robustness

Nyquist AD Converters, Sensor Interfaces, and Robustness

Author: Arthur H.M. van Roermund

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-11-26

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1461445876

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This book is based on the 18 presentations during the 21st workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design. Expert designers provide readers with information about a variety of topics at the frontier of analog circuit design, including Nyquist analog-to-digital converters, capacitive sensor interfaces, reliability, variability, and connectivity. This book serves as a valuable reference to the state-of-the-art, for anyone involved in analog circuit research and development.


Integrated Time-Based Signal Processing Circuits for Harsh Radiation Environments

Integrated Time-Based Signal Processing Circuits for Harsh Radiation Environments

Author: Arijit Karmakar

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-11-13

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 3031406206

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This book covers the most recent, advanced methods for designing mixed-signal integrated circuits, for radiation-hardened sensor readouts (capacitive) and frequency synthesizers (quadrature, digitally controlled oscillators and all-digital PLL etc.). The authors discuss the ionizing radiation sources, complex failure mechanisms as well as several mitigation strategies for avoiding such failures. Readers will benefit from an introduction to the essential theory and fundamentals of ionizing radiation and time-based signal processing, with the details of the implementation of several radiation-hardened IC prototypes. The radiation-hardening methods and solutions described are supported by theory and experimental data with, underlying tradeoffs. Discusses the basics of time-based signal processing and its effectiveness in mitigating ionizing radiation Provides mitigation strategies and recommendations for reducing radiation induced effects in Integrated Circuits Includes coverage of devices used in measuring radiation, focusing on semiconductor-based radiation sensors


Issues in Nuclear and Plasma Science and Technology: 2013 Edition

Issues in Nuclear and Plasma Science and Technology: 2013 Edition

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Publisher: ScholarlyEditions

Published: 2013-05-01

Total Pages: 725

ISBN-13: 1490110429

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Issues in Nuclear and Plasma Science and Technology: 2013 Edition is a ScholarlyEditions™ book that delivers timely, authoritative, and comprehensive information about Plasma Science. The editors have built Issues in Nuclear and Plasma Science and Technology: 2013 Edition on the vast information databases of ScholarlyNews.™ You can expect the information about Plasma Science in this book to be deeper than what you can access anywhere else, as well as consistently reliable, authoritative, informed, and relevant. The content of Issues in Nuclear and Plasma Science and Technology: 2013 Edition has been produced by the world’s leading scientists, engineers, analysts, research institutions, and companies. All of the content is from peer-reviewed sources, and all of it is written, assembled, and edited by the editors at ScholarlyEditions™ and available exclusively from us. You now have a source you can cite with authority, confidence, and credibility. More information is available at http://www.ScholarlyEditions.com/.


Radiation Tolerant Electronics

Radiation Tolerant Electronics

Author: Paul Leroux

Publisher: MDPI

Published: 2019-08-26

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 3039212796

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Research on radiation-tolerant electronics has increased rapidly over the past few years, resulting in many interesting approaches to modeling radiation effects and designing radiation-hardened integrated circuits and embedded systems. This research is strongly driven by the growing need for radiation-hardened electronics for space applications, high-energy physics experiments such as those on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, and many terrestrial nuclear applications including nuclear energy and nuclear safety. With the progressive scaling of integrated circuit technologies and the growing complexity of electronic systems, their susceptibility to ionizing radiation has raised many exciting challenges, which are expected to drive research in the coming decade. In this book we highlight recent breakthroughs in the study of radiation effects in advanced semiconductor devices, as well as in high-performance analog, mixed signal, RF, and digital integrated circuits. We also focus on advances in embedded radiation hardening in both FPGA and microcontroller systems and apply radiation-hardened embedded systems for cryptography and image processing, targeting space applications.


Analog Circuit Design

Analog Circuit Design

Author: Herman Casier

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-02-01

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 9400703910

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Analog Circuit Design contains the contribution of 18 tutorials of the 19th workshop on Advances in Analog Circuit Design. Each part discusses a specific to-date topic on new and valuable design ideas in the area of analog circuit design. Each part is presented by six experts in that field and state of the art information is shared and overviewed. This book is number 20 in this successful series of Analog Circuit Design, providing valuable information and excellent overviews of: Robust Design, chaired by Herman Casier, Consultant Sigma Delta Converters, chaired by Prof. Michiel Steyaert, Catholic University Leuven RFID, chaired by Prof. Arthur van Roermund, Eindhoven University of Technology Analog Circuit Design is an essential reference source for analog circuit designers and researchers wishing to keep abreast with the latest development in the field. The tutorial coverage also makes it suitable for use in an advanced design course.


Radiation Effects on Embedded Systems

Radiation Effects on Embedded Systems

Author: Raoul Velazco

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-06-19

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 140205646X

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This volume provides an extensive overview of radiation effects on integrated circuits, offering major guidelines for coping with radiation effects on components. It contains a set of chapters based on the tutorials presented at the International School on Effects of Radiation on Embedded Systems for Space Applications (SERESSA) that was held in Manaus, Brazil, November 20-25, 2005.