NASA Tech Briefs’ Electronics & Computers Web page spotlights design innovations in electronic components, semiconductors and integrated circuits (ICs), board-level electronics, power electronics, and computer hardware, as published in NASA Tech Briefs magazine. Many of the Tech Briefs below are correlated to a Technical Support Package (TSP) or White Paper that can be downloaded free of charge.
Jul 2010
Integral Battery Power Limiting Circuit for Intrinsically Safe Applications
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This circuit is designed for low-voltage batteries, but is valid for any DC power source.
A circuit topology has been designed to guarantee the output of intrinsically safe power for the operation of electrical devices in a hazardous environment. This design uses a MOSFET (metal–oxide– semiconductor field-effect ...Read More >>
Squeezing Alters Frequency Tuning of WGM Optical Resonator
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Tuning rates for modes of different indices can be made to differ.
Mechanical squeezing has been found to alter the frequency tuning of a whispering-gallery-mode (WGM) optical resonator that has an elliptical shape and is made of lithium niobate. It may be possible to exploit this effect to ...Read More >>
Configurable Multi-Purpose Processor
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This small processor board can be used in applications requiring substantial processing power in a flexible platform and in high vibration environments.
Advancements in technology have allowed the miniaturization of systems used in aerospace vehicles. This technology is driven by the need for next-generation systems that provide reliable, ...Read More >>
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Jun 2010
Interface Supports Lightweight Subsystem Routing for Flight ApplicationsDemonstration of a Submillimeter-Wave HEMT Oscillator Module at 330 GHz
Flexible Peripheral Component Interconnect Input/Output Card
MMIC Amplifiers and Wafer Probes for 350 to 500 GHz
May 2010
Wavefront Correction for Large, Flexible Antenna ReflectorNovel Microstrip-to-Waveguide Feed Employing a Double-Y Junction
Thin-Film Ferroelectric-Coupled Microstripline Phase Shifters With Reduced Device Hysteresis
Two-Stage, 90-GHz, Low-Noise Amplifier
A 311-GHz Fundamental Oscillator Using InP HBT Technology
FPGA Coprocessor Design for an Onboard Multi-angle Spectro-Polarimetric Imager
Apr 2010
K-Band Traveling-Wave Tube AmplifierSideband-Separating, Millimeter-Wave Heterodyne Receiver
Simplified Load-Following Control for a Fuel Cell System
Loosely Coupled GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System for Range Safety
Modified Phasemeter for a Heterodyne Laser Interferometer
Mar 2010
Reception of Multiple Telemetry Signals via One Dish AntennaSpace-Qualified Traveling-Wave Tube
Smart Power Supply for Battery-Powered Systems
Parallel Processing of Broad-Band PPM Signals
Inexpensive Implementation of Many Strain Gauges
Feb 2010
PPM Receiver Implemented in SoftwareReconfigurable Hardware for Compressing Hyperspectral Image Data
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