Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for a spacecraft
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Application No.: US16119521Application Date: 2018-08-31
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Publication No.: US10599593B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Marc Fossion , Christophe Maillard
- Applicant: THALES
- Applicant Address: FR Courbevoie
- Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee: THALES
- Current Assignee Address: FR Courbevoie
- Agency: Baker & Hostetler LLP
- Priority: EP17306147 20170905
- Main IPC: G06F3/00
- IPC: G06F3/00 ; G06F13/20 ; G05B19/042 ; B64G1/54 ; B64G1/42 ; B64G1/66 ; H02J4/00 ; H04L29/06

Abstract:
A device for a spacecraft includes electronic boards; elements that are robust to radiation, i.e. that have a foreseeable failure rate that is lower than a threshold called acceptable threshold, comprising: a shared bus for exchanging electric power between electronic boards; a shared bus for exchanging data between the electronic boards; a module for managing the inputs/outputs and for telemetry gathering, per electronic board; an electrical level interface between an electronic board and the shared data exchange bus, per electronic board; wherein at least one electronic board comprises: a part equipped with COTS components whose failure rate is unforeseeable or greater than or equal to the acceptable threshold; and a firewall formed of components that are robust to radiation and whose failure rate is foreseeable and lower than the acceptable threshold, comprising a module for monitoring and protecting the power flows of the shared power exchange bus and a module for monitoring and protecting the inputs/outputs in order to manage the power supply and the communication of the components of the electronic board.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190073325A1 DEVICE FOR A SPACECRAFT Public/Granted day:2019-03-07
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