Radiation and Reliability of Electronics for Transport, Aerospace and Nuclear

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

- Know the characteristics of the radiative environments of space and avionics, the important quantities and the interaction between radiation and matter

- Understand and evaluate the different effects of radiation on electronic components and systems.

- Know and understand the testing methods

- understand future industrial challenges: reliability of electric and autonomous vehicles, press space, nuclear dismantling, ...

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  • Know the characteristics of space and avionics radiative environments, important quantities and radiation matter interaction
  • Understand and evaluate the different effects of radiation on electronic components and systems.
  • Know and understand test methods
  • understand future industrial challenges: reliability of electric and autonomous vehicles, newspace, nuclear dismantling, ...

 

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Objectives

Upon completion of this course, students will have skills on:

- the space and atmospheric radiative environment

- Large quantities,

- The interaction between radiation and matter

- Overview of the different effects on the electronics :

o Single effects

o Effects of the total ionizing dose

o Displacement effects

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At the end of this course, students will have skills on :

  • Spatial and atmospheric radiative environment
  • Important quantities, 
  • Radiation-matter interaction
  • Overview of various effects on electronics
    • Single effects 
    • Total Ionizing Dose effects
    • Displacement effects

 

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Necessary pre-requisites

Applicants should have a strong academic background in the general areas of microelectronics, semiconductor physics and/or physics.

 

 

Recommended prerequisites*:

Microelectronics, semiconductor physics and/or physics.

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Applicants must possess a solid academic background in the general fields of microelectronics, semiconductor physics and/or physics

 

 

 

Recommended prerequisites*:

 

Microelectronics, semiconductor physics and/or physics

 

 

 

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Additional information

CM : 25h30

 

 

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