Integrated mixed-signal ASIC with DAC and DSP
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1. An integrated digital to analog converting RF transmitter implemented in a satellite, comprising:
- a plurality of radiation tolerant high speed digital to analog converters (DACs) units, which each receive a sampled digital signal and output an RF signal;
a plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs; and
one or more radiation tolerant digital signal processing (DSP) cores, which each process data from one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs and output the processed data to at least one radiation tolerant high speed DAC;
wherein one or more of the radiation tolerant high speed DACs, the one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs, and/or the one or more radiation tolerant DSP cores have been determined, by testing, to be radiation tolerant and have a heavy ion cross section less than or equal to 10−
4 cm2 (square centimeters) at a linear energy transfer greater than or equal to 37 MeV-cm2/mg (mega-electronVolts-square centimeters per milligram).
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Abstract
An integrated analog to digital converting and digital to analog converting (ADDA) RF transceiver for satellite applications, configured to replace conventional analog RF down and up conversion circuitry. The ADDA RF transceiver includes one of more ADCs, DSPs, and DACs, all on a single ASIC. Further, the circuity is to be radiation tolerant for high availability and reliability in the ionizing radiation environment present in the space environment.
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28 Claims
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1. An integrated digital to analog converting RF transmitter implemented in a satellite, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation tolerant high speed digital to analog converters (DACs) units, which each receive a sampled digital signal and output an RF signal; a plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs; and one or more radiation tolerant digital signal processing (DSP) cores, which each process data from one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs and output the processed data to at least one radiation tolerant high speed DAC; wherein one or more of the radiation tolerant high speed DACs, the one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs, and/or the one or more radiation tolerant DSP cores have been determined, by testing, to be radiation tolerant and have a heavy ion cross section less than or equal to 10−
4 cm2 (square centimeters) at a linear energy transfer greater than or equal to 37 MeV-cm2/mg (mega-electronVolts-square centimeters per milligram). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An integrated digital to analog converting RF transmitter implemented in a satellite, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation tolerant high speed digital to analog converters (DACs), which each receive a sampled digital signal and output an RF signal; a plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs; and one or more radiation tolerant reconfigurable digital signal processing (DSP) cores, which each DSP core processes data from one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs and output the processed data to at least one radiation tolerant high speed DAC; wherein the RF transmitter is implemented in the satellite and one or more of the radiation tolerant high speed DACs, one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs, and/or the one or more radiation tolerant reconfigurable DSP cores are radiation hard by design (RHBD) or radiation hard by process (RHBP) to mitigate at least one of single event latchup (SEL), single event upset (SEU), single event transient (SET), and single event functional interrupt (SEFI) radiation effects; wherein the plurality of radiation tolerant high speed DACs, the plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs, and the one or more radiation tolerant reconfigurable DSP cores are integrated on a single monolithic silicon device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An integrated digital to analog converting RF transmitter implemented in a satellite, comprising:
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a plurality of radiation tolerant high speed digital to analog converters (DACs), which each receive a sampled digital signal and output an RF signal; a plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs; and one or more radiation tolerant reconfigurable digital signal processing (DSP) cores, which each process data from one or more of the radiation tolerant digital inputs and output the processed data to at least one radiation tolerant high speed DAC; wherein the plurality of radiation tolerant high speed DACs, the plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs, and the one or more radiation tolerant reconfigurable DSP cores are integrated and contained on one die or a plurality of die all located in a single package, and at least one of the radiation tolerant high speed DACs, the plurality of radiation tolerant digital inputs, and/or the one or more radiation tolerant reconfigurable DSP cores have been determined, by testing or analysis, to be radiation tolerant. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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