Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) Guidelines

Robert F Hodson; Jonathan A Pellish; Rebekah A Austin; Michael J Campola; Raymond L Ladbury; Kenneth A LaBel; Gregory R Allen; Razvan Gaza; Emily M Willis

NASA NTRS · 20210018053

Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) Guidelines

Robert F Hodson·Jonathan A Pellish·Rebekah A Austin·Michael J Campola·Raymond L Ladbury·Kenneth A LaBel·Gregory R Allen·Razvan Gaza·Emily M Willis

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Based on the need to develop and adopt timely and up-to-date guidance to ensure that natural space radiation environment threats do not compromise mission success, the NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) was solicited to develop and publish guidance for deriving radiation hardness assurance (RHA) requirements and for evaluating avionics hardware elements with respect to total ionizing dose, total non-ionizing dose, and single event effects. This document contains the outcome of the NESC assessment.

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Robert F Hodson, Jonathan A Pellish, Rebekah A Austin, Michael J Campola, Raymond L Ladbury, Kenneth A LaBel, Gregory R Allen, Razvan Gaza, Emily M Willis. 2021-07-01. Avionics Radiation Hardness Assurance (RHA) Guidelines. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210018053

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