Institute for Space and Defense Electronics

Solar Flares, Muons and Microelectronics – What’s the Connection?

Original Article Source This week has seen an intense period of activity from the Sun, with four colossal solar flares in 24 hours. Here on Earth, such spectacular solar displays seem far enough away but in fact these extra-terrestrial events are a cause for concern in our modern digital world. Of concern are so called...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, May 23rd, 2013 in Events, News | Tags: Bhuva, ISDE, Marvell, muon, Radiation Testing, SEU, Sierawski, Single-Event Comments Off on Solar Flares, Muons and Microelectronics – What’s the Connection?

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EE Grad’s Cyborg Glove Wins Y Combinator’s First-Ever Hardware Hackathon in Silicon Valley

Original Article Source While the hackathon trend may be aging, Y Combinator – a well-known Silicon Valley incubator – freshened the concept by hosting a 12-hour “hardware” hackathon in late February at its headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Jack Minardi, a 2012 electrical engineering graduate, led a six-person team to victory in under 10 hours...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 in Related News | Tags: Alumni, Electrical Engineering, Radiation Effects, Radiation Testing, Senior Design Comments Off on EE Grad’s Cyborg Glove Wins Y Combinator’s First-Ever Hardware Hackathon in Silicon Valley

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An Award-Worthy Look at Electronic Glitches

An Award-Worthy Look at Electronic Glitches Beginning in 1995 TRIUMF has built up several beam lines that provide low-intensity, energetic proton and neutron beams to simulate natural-radiation exposures either in space or terrestrial environments. Even at low intensity, a few minutes of exposure in these beams can correspond to years of operation in space, air,...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, March 27th, 2012 in Related News | Tags: Awards, Electronics, ISDE, Mendenhall, muon, Radiation Testing, Reed, Sierawski, TRIUMF Comments Off on An Award-Worthy Look at Electronic Glitches

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Mike McCurdy

ISDE Senior Staff Engineer Google Scholar Profile Mike McCurdy is a Senior Staff Engineer at ISDE where he started in 2004. His focus is mainly on radiation effects testing of microelectronics and circuits for performance characterization and model parameter extraction. Mr. McCurdy has extensive radiation test experience at many facilities including national/government, university, private/commercial labs and...... KEEP READING

Posted on Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 in | Tags: ISDE, McCurdy, Radiation Testing Comments Off on Mike McCurdy

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Test Capabilities

ISDE has an extensive suite of test and characterization equipment for radiation-effects analysis, including an ARACOR 10-keV x-ray irradiator, two Cs-137 isotopic irradiators and 2-MeV proton source. ISDE team members have extensive experience conducting single-event tests at facilities including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Michigan State University, Texas A&M, Berkeley Laboratory and Indiana University. An array of...... KEEP READING

Posted on Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 in | Tags: 2-MeV Proton Source, Analysis, ARACOR, Characterization, Cold Temperature, ISDE, Laser, Radiation Effects, Radiation Testing Comments Off on Test Capabilities

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