[SI-LIST] Re: Do you really ship products at BER 10e-xx ?
- From: Ray Anderson <ray.anderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bradley.S.Henson@xxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:03:25 -0700
Henson, Bradley S wrote:
>Well, I actually work in an area that designs space processors, so I am
>truly involved with cosmic ray (heavy ion) SEUs and these Gbaud links. I
>doubt "cosmic rays" are causing many ground-based equipment errors of
>any consequence. Some Seu effects can be observed in aircraft, due
>mainly to neutrons. Solar flare protons can cause upsets. It turns out
>that the atmosphere attenuates most of these effects to a pretty low
>level. I have read that some companies do system SEU reliability testing
>in Denver...I don't recall the details.
>
>
>
Our SEU research group has several test sites co-located at a number of
high-altitude astronomical observatory mountain top locations.
-Ray
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Raymond Anderson
Senior Signal Integrity Staff Engineer
Product Technology Dept.
Package Engineering Group
Xilinx Inc.
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