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Radiation Hardened Preamplifier (Charge-sensitive amplifier)

  - Various structures of opamp for sensor interface

  - The best one shows only 6 % degradation on output amplitude with 5 Mrad iiradiation




Radiation Hardened ADC

  - Novel compensation technique included for radiation effects on ADC 

  - Successfully operated at 1 Mrad irradiation 




Radiation Hardened Bandgap Reference (BGR)

  - 1st order cancelation technique included for radiation effects on BGR 

  - Successfully operated at 2 Mrad irradiation 



Robust Digital Components (Inverter)

  - Design optimization for radiation environment

  - Successfully operated at 3.5 Mrad irradiation 



Robust Digital Components (D Flip-Flop)

  - Novel error detection technique included for single event effects (SEEs)

  - Can be exploited in any digital system



Radiation Hardened SRAM Cell

  - Novel architecture of compact SRAM cell for single event effects (SEEs)

  - Can be operated up to 100 MeV (LET in silicon)