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A Structured Asic Approach To A Radiation Hardened By Design Digital Single Sideband Modulator For Digital Radio Frequency Memories, Thomas B. Pemberton

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Digital Radio Frequency Memories (DRFM) are widely used as modules in digital signal processing. These modules can provide several forms of signal manipulation and storage capabilities. With single event effects caused by environmental radiation the need for a radiation hardened DRFM is increased. Typical radiation hardening involves the use of specialized foundries utilizing proprietary CMOS libraries that are expensive to build or adding lead packages around a chip that is expensive and add weight to the chip. An alternative radiation hardening technique is to utilize a radiation hardened by design library. This library includes digital gates that have been hardened …