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SEU/SEL Resistant Ultra-Low Power Asynchronous Processor Design for Low-Temperature Applications

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX09CD75P
Agency Tracking Number: 085270
Amount: $99,992.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: X1.03
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2009
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2009-01-22
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-07-22
Small Business Information
700 West Research Center Blvd
Fayetteville, AR 72701-7175
United States
DUNS: 044870363
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Matthew Leftwich
 Principal Investigator
 (479) 856-6367
 mleftwich@spacephotonics.com
Business Contact
 Matthew Leftwich
Title: PI/COO/Sr. Systems Engineer
Phone: (479) 856-6367
Email: mleftwich@spacephotonics.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

This Phase I SBIR proposal seeks funding to develop a radiation-hardened circuit architecture to achieve SEU and SEL immunity by using delay-insensitive asynchronous logic, and to demonstrate its feasibility, effectiveness, and efficiency. Further, early studies reveal that an operational temperature range of 2K to 400K will be highly feasible. Delay-insensitive asynchronous logic removes the concept of a global clock by incorporating handshaking protocols to control the circuit. The handshaking protocols allows for flexible timing requirements, high power efficiency, and low noise/emission generation. The flexible timing nature of delay-insensitive logic makes this type of circuits an excellent candidate for mitigating radiation effects in digital electronics. Compared to the existing radiation-hardening techniques, the proposed solution has several substantial benefits including cost efficiency, SEU/SEL immunity without weak points, and the ability to retain data during power cycling while mitigating SEL. In addition, significantly improved supply voltage variation sustainability and security against power-based side-channel attacks can also be achieved.

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