Space Radiation and its Effects on EEE Components

<strong>Space</strong> <strong>Radiation</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>its</strong> <strong>Effects</strong> on EEE Components
Testing to the Environment - GCR
LET Fluence (#/cm 2 /day)
f_all
10 -1
10 -2
10 -3
10 -4
10 -5
10 -6
10 -7
10 -8
10 -9
10 -10
10 -11
10 -12
10 -13
10 -14
200 mils
Total Integral LET Spectra
10
0.1 1.0 10.0 100.0
let_all
-15
EPFL <strong>Space</strong> Center 9th June 2009
LET (MeV-cm 2 /mg)
for E > 0.1 MeV/n
for E > 25 M eV/n
for E > 200 MeV/n
After J. Barth, 1997 NSREC Short course