Radiation and Reliability of Electronics for Transportation, Aerospace, and Nuclear Applications

  • ECTS

    3 credits

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Science

Description

- Understand the characteristics of radiation environments in space and avionics, significant quantities, and the interaction between radiation and matter.

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

- Know and understand testing methods

- Understanding future industrial challenges: reliability of electric and autonomous vehicles, press space, nuclear decommissioning, 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, new space, nuclear dismantling, etc.

 

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Objectives

By the end of this course, students will have skills in:

- the space and atmospheric radiation environment

- Large quantities,

- The interaction between radiation and matter

- Overview of the various effects on electronics:

o Unique effects

o Effects of total ionizing dose

o Displacement effects

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By the end of this course, students will have skills in:

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

 

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Mandatory prerequisites

Applicants must have 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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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: 25:30

 

 

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