There are well-known advantages to using these photonic technologies in space, such as the limited generation of noise, electromagnetic immunity,
The burgeoning demand for the incorporation of disruptive technologies into space industry clearly requires fast and reliable procedures for the space qualification of these innovative components. This also entails a close collaboration between the manufacturing and...
This study aims to support the development of discrete European radiation hardened SiC power MOSFET for use in space applications by means of studying the gate oxide in terms of SEE and TID as one of the key parameters in the future development of these devices. The resistance...
The new century brought to the space a new type of solar cells with higher efficiencies and better resistance to radiation damage such as those based on the III-V single-junction GaAs. This new material opened the possibility of further improvement by the development of the...
Optical & Electrical parameters; Characterization of SiC JFET & MOSFET; Prototyping and Characterisation of Radiation Hardened SIC MOS Structures; Photonic parts in Mars exploration related programmes;
Surface contamination involving micrometric particles, microbiological agents, molecular adsorbate and others, represent a significant hazard in many areas of industry. For instance, a high level cleanliness is a critical requirement that any EEE device has to fulfil at any...
Traditionally ASICs (and FPGAs) used in space were manufactured using Rad-Hard technologies and designed with special libraries. AS CMOS Technologies became denser (beyond the 180 nm node) it was realized that it was no longer affordable to change the semiconductor technology...
Passive liquid crystal (LC) devices are becoming an interesting alternative for the manufacturing of photonic devices in spatial applications. These devices feature a number of advantages in this environment, the lack of movable parts, and of exposed electronics being among the...
The efficient generation of photon pairs requires very strict characteristics on the illuminating beam, such e.g. its size, shape, and polarization state. For these photon pairs to be entangled in their polarizations there must be a superposition of two distinct pair-generation...
Fabrication technology and packaging strategy for 300V-5A Silicon Carbide Schottky diodes with a wide temperature operation range capability (between -170ºC and 300ºC). These diodes have been designed for harsh environment space applications such as inner Solar System...
The use of photonic technologies for space applications has risen the problem related to the ability of optoelectronic and optic components to withstand space environment as all optoelectronic and optic components come from terrestrial applications. Therefore, the development of...
After expose key elements on the evaluation of Optoelectronic Components for Space Applications, where thermal vacuum and other environmental restrictions such temperature range, radiation or vibration and examples of Optoelectronic characterizati0ons done in our laboratories...
