Radiation and Reliability of Electronics for Transportation, Aerospace and Nuclear

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Component

    Faculty of Science

Description

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

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

- Know and understand testing methods

- Understand future industrial challenges: reliability of electric and autonomous vehicles, press area, nuclear dismantling, etc.

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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

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

- space and atmospheric radiative environments

- Large quantities,

- The interaction between radiation and matter

- Overview of different effects on electronics :

o One-off effects

o Effects of 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 prerequisites

Applicants should have a strong 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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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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Further information

CM: 25h30

 

 

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