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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2015
The United States of America As Represented BY the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, DC (US);
Michael R. Lin, Ellicott City, MD (US);
David J. Petrick, Severna Park, MD (US);
Kevin M. Ballou, Highland, MD (US);
Daniel C. Espinosa, Tampa, FL (US);
Edward F. James, Westminster, MD (US);
Matthew A. Kliesner, Madison, AL (US);
Abstract
Embodiments may provide a radiation hardened 10BASE-T Ethernet interface circuit suitable for space flight and in compliance with the IEEE 802.3 standard for Ethernet. The various embodiments may provide a 10BASE-T Ethernet interface circuit, comprising a field programmable gate array (FPGA), a transmitter circuit connected to the FPGA, a receiver circuit connected to the FPGA, and a transformer connected to the transmitter circuit and the receiver circuit. In the various embodiments, the FPGA, transmitter circuit, receiver circuit, and transformer may be radiation hardened.