• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.21-29
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• 2022

Cosmic radiation environments having extremely high-energy particles and photons cause severe malfunctions of electrical components in space and terrestrial regions. In this study, we revisit basic knowledge on radiation effects in ICT electrical devices, such as single event effect, total ionizing dose, and displacement damage. To avoid such soft errors and system failures, we introduce essential technical approaches from the perspectives of materials, layouts, circuits, and systems, including current research trends. By considering several techniques and Space EEE part standards, we suggest possible directions that can invoke New Space Era technology.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.71-80
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• 2001

The threshold voltage shift observed in TDE (Total Dose Experiment) on board the KITAT-1 is converted into dose (rad($SiO_2$)) using the result of laboratory calibration with Co-60 gamma ray source in KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute). Simulation using the NASA radiation model of geomagnetosphere verifies that the dose difference between RADFET1 and RADFET3 observed on KITSAT-1 comes from the difference in shielding thickness at the position of these RADFETs.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.476-483
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• 2009

Cosmic ray is composed of nuclear particles moving at a light speed. The cosmic ray affects the performance and the reliability of semiconductor devices by ionizing the semiconductor material. In this study, the radiation effects of protons, electrons, and photons, which compose the cosmic ray, on the GOS(Geostationary Orbit Satellite) were evaluated using the Monte-Carlo N-Particle code. The GOS was chosen due to the comparatively long exposure to the cosmic ray as it stays in the geostationary orbit more than 10 years. As the absorbed dose of semiconductor from electrons is much larger than those of protons, photons, and the secondary radiation, most of the radiation exposure of the semiconductors in the GOS results from that of electrons. When we compare the calculated absorbed dose with the radio-resistance of semiconductor, the Intel 486 of the Intel company is not suitable for the GOS applications due to its low radio-resistance. However RH3000-20 of MIPS and Motorola 602/603e can be applied to the Satellite when the aluminium shield is thicker than 3 mm.

• Prospectives of Industrial Chemistry
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.1-20
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• 2017

질화붕소나노튜브(BNNT: Boron Nitride Nanotubes)는 근래에 들어 전 세계적으로 많은 주목을 받고 있는 나노신소재이다. CNT와 유사한 기계적 특성과 열전도, 열팽창 특성을 가지고 있지만 동시에 세라믹의 특성도 가지고 있어 열적/화학적 안정에 있어서는 CNT와 비교하여 매우 우수하다. 특히 BNNT를 구성하고 있는 붕소는 열중성자를 흡수할 수 있는 능력이 CNT를 구성하고 있는 탄소와 비교하여 20만 배나 높기 때문에, 우수한 기계적 특성을 이용한 경량화와 방사선 차폐능을 동시에 보유할 수 있는 미래 우주공학 물질로 매우 유용하다. 그러나 제조하는데 상대적으로 많은 에너지가 필요하고, 전 세계적으로 아직 대량생산이 이루어지지 않고 있으며, 제조 시 생성되는 불순물의 양이 많은 것이 단점이다. 또한 BNNT를 정제하는 것은 매우 어려워 산업적 응용은 아직 제한적이라 할 수 있지만, BNNT가 CNT와 세라믹의 특성을 동시에 보유하고 있다는 물질의 우수성과 활발한 연구개발 활동을 감안하면, 이에 대한 해결점을 찾을 수 있을 것으로 예상된다. 본 고찰에서는 다양한 BNNT의 제조방법과 각 방법의 장단점을 소개하고, 현재 연구되고 있는 BNNT의 산업적 응용에 대해 소개할 것이다. 이를 통해 국내에서 매우 미진한 BNNT 관련 연구가 활성화되는 계기가 될 것을 기대한다.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.218-231
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• 2005

This paper reviews the engineering approach needed to support humans during their long-term missions in space. This approach includes closed plant production systems under microgravity or low pressure, mass recycling, air revitalization, water purification, waste management, elimination of trace contaminants, lighting, and nutrient delivery systems in controlled ecological life support system (CELSS). Requirements of crops f3r space use are high production, edibility, digestibility, many culinary uses, capability of automation, short stems, and high transpiration. Low pressure on Mars is considered to be a major obstacle for the design of greenhouses fer crop production. However interest in Mars inflatable greenhouse applicable to planetary surface has increased. Structure, internal pressure, material, method of lighting, and shielding are principal design parameters for the inflatable greenhouse. The inflatable greenhouse operating at low pressure can reduce the structural mass and atmosphere leakage rate. Plants growing at reduced pressure show an increasing transpiration rates and a high water loss. Vapor pressure increases as moisture is added to the air through transpiration or evaporation from leaks in the hydroponic system. Fluctuations in vapor pressure will significantly influence total pressure in a closed system. Thus hydroponic systems should be as tight as possible to reduce the quantity of water that evaporates from leaks. And the environmental control system to maintain high relative humidity at low pressure should be developed. The essence of technologies associated with CELSS can support human lift even at extremely harsh conditions such as in deserts, polar regions, and under the ocean on Earth as well as in space.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.52-66
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• 1996

In this paper, we present the design methodology of KASCOM(KAIST satellite computer), the experimental on-board computer system of KITSAT-2. The design of the on-board computer system should consider the following constraints: operational throughput, fault tolerant input-output, low power, size, weight, and radiation hardness. KASCOM is designed to satisfy these constraints. This paper also presents the implementation and testing details of KASCOM. Finally, the in-orbit operational results are presented. The results show that about 2 SEU errors occur for the program memory(1Mbit SRAM) in a day, while 3.7 SEU errors occur for the data memory(4Mbit SRAM). This implies that high-integrated memories are more susceptible to the radiation environment than low-integrated memories.