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NASA NTRS2022

Building a lifeboat: MSL’s uplink and installation campaign to restore a failing backup computer

Flight software updates are among the hardest andmost dangerous activities for the Mars Science Laboratory(MSL) Curiosity team. While danger is often mitigated bybackups, fallback strategies, and incremental installation withground-in-the-loop cycles which provide a safety net for theinstallation process, the software update described in this paperwas unable to use many of the common practices due to thenature of the fault addressed by the update. The MSL rover(landed August 2012) encountered a problem with one of itscomputer’s non-volatile storage chips in 2019, requiring a swapto its backup computer and an urgent software upgrade calledR-Hope. R-Hope, a lifeboat to be used in the event of primarycomputer issues, was written, tested, and sent to the rover inlightning speed of just 19 months. Multi-mission and teamcoordination allowed the 49 flight software image files to beuplinked to the rover over a 6-week period, using multiple pathsand backup options for speedy delivery. In the end, the RHopesoftware upgrade returned the computer to operation asa backup flight computer. The flight software transition wasdesigned to impact science return as little as possible, and installationplans included science activities for the majority of MSLinstruments. This paper describes the uplink and installationcampaigns for R-Hope, and discusses the notable lessons learnedby the operations team.

Byrne, DJ↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

Fabrication of Solid-State Li-S Battery Components for Electric Aviation

The development of high-energy, high-safety, and high-power batteries beyond electric automobile requirements is vital for future electric aviation applications. The transition to non-volatile solid-state electrolytes (SSE) promises many advantages over traditional flammable liquid electrolytes, and may also be an enabling technology for next generation chemistries. However, significant manufacturing challenges must be overcome before the adoption of such technology. Electrolytes developed in this study were produced as sulfide-polymer composites with densified thicknesses between 20-30 microns using several processing techniques [1]. Ionic conductivity and lithium metal compatibility for the composites were compared and shown to retain reasonable ionic conductivity with improved flexibility and scalability which identifies a critical path for the production of practical solid-state batteries. Films were produced 10-15 times thinner than comparable bulk cold pressed powder electrolytes and achieved thicknesses comparable to commercial polyolefin separators (25 micron) used in commercial liquid containing lithium-ion cells. Composite conductivities were maintained above 0.2mS/cm, which holds promise for future electric aviation applications. Processing techniques are investigated to further improve electrochemical performance.

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NASA NTRSDate not supplied

Next Generation Batteries for Electric Aviation and Space

Energy storage plays a critical part in the success of future NASA missions that desire batteries with higher energy density, higher power, and most critically improved safety. These performance requirements stretch beyond that of electric automobile markets and are required for enabling widespread adoption of electric aviation. One approach to improve the safety and energy is the transition to non-volatile solid-state electrolytes (SSE) which promise many advantages over traditional flammable liquid electrolytes and may also be an enabling technology for next generation chemistries such as lithium-sulfur (Li-S). However, significant manufacturing challenges must be overcome before the adoption of such technology. This study will discuss the development of solid electrolytes specifically designed to meet future NASA electric aviation targets with densified thicknesses between 20-30 microns derived using solvent processing techniques. Films were produced 10-15 times thinner than comparable bulk cold pressed powder electrolytes and achieved thicknesses comparable to commercial polyolefin separators (25 micron) used in commercial liquid containing lithium-ion cells. Furthermore, design and development of novel cathode composites through integration of experiment and a particle dynamics model will be discussed. Beyond aeronautics, unique challenges and requirements exist for energy storage for space applications, which can cover extreme temperatures and material scarcity for in-situ derived materials. Additionally, this talk will briefly cover the need and development of lunar and Martian derived electrode materials for in-situ manufacturing of energy storage devices.

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DOE OSTI2025

Interlayer Exciton Polarons in Mesoscopic V 2 O 5 for Broadband Optoelectronic Synapses

Persistent photoconductivity and optoelectronic synaptic behavior are demonstrated in solution-processed mesoscopic α-phase vanadium pentoxide (V 2 O 5 ) thin films. First-principles simulations coupled with the two-site Holstein polaron hopping model show that vacancies at the terminal oxygen position lead to long recombination times because photoexcited electrons and holes reside on different layers separated by the van der Waals gap, forming a weakly coupled interlayer exciton polaron. Mid-gap polaronic states also significantly broaden the photoresponse of the films to span across visible and infrared wavelengths. By controlling the amplitude/intensity, duration, and/or number of optical pulses, tunable optoelectronic memory functions, such as short-term and long-term plasticity, are experimentally established in V 2 O 5 -based optoelectronic synapses. Furthermore, device fabrication was extended to mechanically flexible ultrathin glass substrates. Flexible optoelectronic synapses maintained high performance after 150 bending cycles.

Phan, Thanh Luan [National Renewable Energy Labora↗
NASA NTRS2006

The Effect of Integration of Strontium-Bismuth-Tantalate Capacitors onto SOI Wafers

We report for the first time the successful integration of Strontium-Bismuth-Tantalate ferroelectric capacitors on an SOI Substrate. We have verified that the unique processing requirements of SBT capacitors does not affect the properties of the surrounding FD-SOI transistors, and, conversely, we have verified that the SOI processing does not affect the quality of the SBT capacitors.

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NASA NTRS2015

Single-Event Effect Performance of a Conductive-Bridge Memory EEPROM

We investigated the heavy ion SEE characteristics of an EEPROM based on CBRAM technology. SEFI is the dominant type of SEE for each operating mode (standby, read-only, write/read). We also observed single bit upsets in the CBRAM cell, during write/read tests. the SEULET threshold is between 10 and 20 MeV * sq cm/mg, with an upper fluence limit of 3 × 10(exp 6) cm(exp -2) at 10 MeV * sq cm/mg. In the stand by mode, the CBRAM array appears immune to bit upsets.

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NASA NTRS2018

One Time Programmable Antifuse Memory Based on Bulk Junctionless Transistor

One time programmable (OTP) antifuse base memory is demonstrated based on a bulk junctionless gate-all-around (GAA) nanowire transistor technology. The presented memory consists of a single transistor (1T) footprint without any process modification. The source/drain (S/D) and gate respectively become bit line and word line where the antifuse is formed by oxide breakdown across the gate and the channel. The channel is connected directly to the bit line due to junctionless S/D and inherently isolated from the neighboring cell by the GAA channel. Therefore, an array of 1T antifuse OTP can be a candidate for the sub-5-nanometer technology node.

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