Radiation sensors for deep space environment

Abstract

The present application provides a radiation sensor for deep space environments, comprising a circuit board; a payload control module, disposed on the circuit board; a radiation sensitive field-effect transistor readout module, also disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the payload control module; flash memory, disposed on the circuit board and electrically connected to both the payload control module and the radiation sensitive field-effect transistor readout module. The flash memory includes a detection software, which, upon detecting a single event upset in at least one bit of the stored sensor data, immediately identifies and records the position of the affected bit. The detection software then resets the data affected by the single event upset and records the number of bit errors.