NASA Office of Logic Design

NASA Office of Logic Design

A scientific study of the problems of digital engineering for space flight systems,
with a view to their practical solution.


PALs

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Application Notes

PALPowerUp Application Note on the Power Up Requirements for the UTMC UT22VP10
lattice_reliability_2002_1h.pdf This report summarizes the reliability testing results for Lattice Semiconductor products as of July 2002 and coveres ORCA, ispLSI, ispGDX, ispMACH, GAL Products.
ColdPAL Application Note on Cold Temperature Power-On Reset for the UTMC22VP10
adv3900.pdf Product Advisory for Programming the UTMC UT22VP10 ( .pdf, 9 kbytes)
data_io.pdf Data I/O Hardware and Software Version Requirements for Programming RadPALs ( .pdf, 7 kbytes)
help.pdf User Guide for JEDEC file re-mapping Software for UTMC UT22VP10
MetastableStates.htm A discussion of metastable states, sample calculations w/ a MTBF calculator, and a reference list.
RadShielding1.htm Some Notes on Radiation Shielding Effectiveness (.htm)
Papers and Presentations Please see the collection of papers and presentations for more application notes and device test results

Some Radiation Test Results

Cypress22v10Sep-97.PDF
22V10_boeing.PDF SEU and SEL Test Report on the UTMC UT22VP10 PAL. (.pdf 128 kbytes)

PAL Vendors

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Technology Description

Technical Contact

UTMC Standard Products UT22VP10 Rad-PAL.  Uses amorphous silicon antifuses. United Technologies Microelectronic Center
Space Electronics Inc. PAL die into packages with integrated radiation shields.  See application note on radiation shielding: RadShielding1.htm  

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