CRaTER Electrical Peer Review.pptVIP

CRaTER Electrical Peer Review Bill Crain Aerospace Corporation William.R.Crain@aero.org 310-336-8530 Bob Goeke MIT Goeke@space.mit.edu 617-253-1910 Dorothy Gordon MIT dag@space.mit.edu 617-253-8342 Overview Big Picture System Description Detectors and Analog Section Analog-Digital Conversion Digital Section Power and Stuff Assembly Description System Block Diagram System Resources Telemetry Bandwidth Storage Thermal Requirements Instrument as Proposed Detectors and Analog Electronics Bill Crain The Aerospace Corporation 310-336-8530 Bill.crain@aero.org Introduction Functional Requirements Detector Requirements Signal and Noise Requirements Telescope Board Design Analog Board Design Analyses Summary Functional Requirements Functional requirements unchanged since PDR Measure LET of high LET particles in thin detectors Measure LET of low LET particles in thick detectors Combined dynamic range of 5,000 for each detector pair Provide good resolution for TEP effects Robust to temperature drift and environments Electronics Telescope Board Analog Processing Board (APB) in E-box No architectural changes since PDR Requirements Traceability Analog Interface Block Diagram Detector Specification (1) Documented in 32-05001 rev C No significant changes since PDR Micron Semiconductor Limited Lancing Sussex, UK 20 years experience in supplying detectors for space physics CEPPAD, CRRES, WIND, CLUSTER, ACE, IMAGE, STEREO, and more… Detector Type Ion-implanted doping to form P+ junction on N-type silicon Very stable technology Advantages to science include good carrier lifetime, stable to environmental conditions, and thin entrance windows Detector Specification (2) Circular detectors having active area of 9.6 cm2 Two different detector thicknesses: thin and thick note: state-of-the-art is 20um for thin and 2,000um for thick detectors Guard ring on P-side to improve surface uniformity Very thin dead layers (windows) reduce energy loss, lower series resistance, and