Use of radiation-hardened chalcogenide technology for spaceborne reconfigurable digital processing systems
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1. A method for improving the non-volatility and radiation hardening of a spaceborne system involving reconfigurable components, comprising the step of providing at least one of the reconfigurable components with chalcogenide-based switching components.
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Chalcogenide technology is used for radiation hardening for spaceborne systems and more particularly in C-RAM form for processors, field programmable gate arrays, startup RAMs, shadow storage and single-chip systems to protect these units.
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- 1. A method for improving the non-volatility and radiation hardening of a spaceborne system involving reconfigurable components, comprising the step of providing at least one of the reconfigurable components with chalcogenide-based switching components.
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13. A method for improving the non-volatility and radiation hardening a spaceborne system, comprising the step of providing the spaceborne system with reconfigurable elements employing chalcogenide-based switching elements.
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14. A method for improving the non-volatility and radiation hardening a spaceborne system, comprising the step of providing the spaceborne system with a C-RAM-based ROM.
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15. A method for improving the non-volatility and radiation hardening a spaceborne system, comprising the step of providing the system with a C-RAM-based FPGA.
- 16. A method for improving the non-volatility and radiation hardening a spaceborne system, comprising the step of implementing the spaceborne system in a single chip having at least one component employing chalcogenide technology.
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