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Dynamic Metasurface Antennas for 6G Extreme Massive MIMO Communications [article]

Nir Shlezinger, George C. Alexandropoulos, Mohammadreza F. Imani, Yonina C. Eldar, David R. Smith
2020 arXiv   pre-print
We review the main characteristics of metasurfaces used for radiation and reception, and analyze their main advantages as well as their effect on the ability to reliably communicate in wireless networks  ...  To date, metasurfaces are mainly considered in the context of wireless communications as passive reflecting devices, aiding conventional transceivers in shaping the propagation environment.  ...  As shown in this figure, the input/output port is connected to a set of radiating elements via a reconfigurable filter encapsulating the joint effect of the propagation inside the waveguide and the externally  ... 
arXiv:2006.07838v2 fatcat:vec2cxckubal3liruxb53xe6dm

Implementing a safe embedded computing system in SRAM-based FPGAs using IP cores: A case study based on the Altera NIOS-II soft processor

Julio Perez Acle, Matteo Sonza Reorda, Massimo Violante
2011 2011 IEEE Second Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems (LASCAS)  
, which are making these devices particularly attractive as ASICs replacement, and as they offer the unique feature of in-the-field reconfiguration.  ...  However, the sensitivity of reconfigurable FPGAs to ionizing radiation mandates the adoption of fault tolerant mitigation techniques that may impact heavily the FPGA resource usage.  ...  Both SRAM-based and Flash-based FPGAs suffer from radiation-induced SEUs in the memory elements hosted by the reconfigurable fabric (flip-flops, and memory arrays).  ... 
doi:10.1109/lascas.2011.5750278 fatcat:lbbvzo6qbvb5neizvjara6vbwe

New Techniques for Improving the Performance of the Lockstep Architecture for SEEs Mitigation in FPGA Embedded Processors

F. Abate, L. Sterpone, C. A. Lisboa, L. Carro, M. Violante
2009 IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science  
The use of such devices for space or mission critical applications, however, is being delayed by the lack of effective low cost techniques to mitigate radiation induced errors.  ...  In this paper a non invasive approach for the implementation of fault tolerant systems based on COTS processors embedded in FPGAs, using lockstep in conjunction with checkpoint and rollback recovery, is  ...  using DMA transfers.  ... 
doi:10.1109/tns.2009.2013237 fatcat:mzw6cprluzhfrfmmlohota5kzy

Reconfigurable System-on-Chip Data Processing Units for Space Imaging Instruments

B. Fiethe, H. Michalik, C. Dierker, B. Osterloh, G. Zhou
2007 2007 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition  
This design has been successfully demonstrated in space on Venus Express. From this, a reconfigurable DPU design for future advanced imaging sensors is derived using embedded processing cores.  ...  Individual Data Processing Units (DPUs) are commonly used for operational control and specific data processing of scientific space instruments.  ...  To verify the usability of the Virtex-II Pro for space radiation environment, we have performed Single Event Effects (SEE) radiation testing on a commercial device in the frame of an ESA study.  ... 
doi:10.1109/date.2007.364420 dblp:conf/date/FietheMDOZ07 fatcat:57zi56ad7fcbzmag4ga2uuafky

Hardware and Software Task Scheduling for ARM-FPGA Platforms

Alexander Dorflinger, Mark Albers, Johannes Schlatow, Bjorn Fiethe, Harald Michalik, Phillip Keldenich, S'andor P. Fekete
2018 2018 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS)  
Dynamic Partial Reconfiguration places these hardware tasks in the programmable logic at appropriate times. For an efficient scheduling, it needs to be decided when and where to execute a task.  ...  ARM-FPGA coupled platforms allow accelerating the computation of specific algorithms by executing them in the FPGA fabric.  ...  The smaller region is reconfigured in 8 ms, the larger one in 18 ms. Two DMA cores (m = 2) allow data transfer from memory to reconfigurable regions and vice versa.  ... 
doi:10.1109/ahs.2018.8541481 dblp:conf/ahs/DorflingerASFMK18 fatcat:vvgfyazdg5fanlmqx6dpvolcvy

A low-cost SEE mitigation solution for soft-processors embedded in Systems on Pogrammable Chips

M.S. Reorda, M. Violante, C. Meinhardt, R. Reis
2009 2009 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition  
When deployed in safety-or mission-critical applications, as avionic-and space-oriented ones, Singe Event Effects (SEEs) affecting COTS FPGA, which may have catastrophic effects if neglected, have to be  ...  The availability of multimillion Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is making now possible the implementation on a single device of complex systems embedding processor  ...  We propose a design flow to that can effectively be adopted by designers in mitigating radiation-induced errors affecting processor cores embedded in FPGA-based SoPCs.  ... 
doi:10.1109/date.2009.5090687 dblp:conf/date/ReordaVMR09 fatcat:4qxtgqg4bfgpxbl5nmyrbao2vq

Summary of Multiple Benchmarks on the High Performance Data Processor (HPDP)

Ioannis Katelouzos, Tilemachos Tsiapras, Jacques Monnier, Kostas Makris, Daniel Bretz, Simon Klugseder, Antonios Tavoularis, Gianluca Furano, Tim Helfers, Constantin Papadas, Laurent Hili
2021 Zenodo  
The purpose of this communication is to discuss on the suitability of the HPDP device for power-efficient, on-board data processing in future satellites. Five use cases will be presented.  ...  Targeting >90% correct answers for the application of the VD, the NN is trained outside the HPDP device by using the tensor flow framework and python and the final NN is mapped on the HPDP in order to  ...  The data to be encrypted are fetched to the incoming stream by the DMA in groups of 4 bytes. From the other side, the cypher sends data to the on-chip SRAM in packets of 4 bytes too.  ... 
doi:10.5281/zenodo.5569048 fatcat:lmkaj4tk4rfitk5gg7ueqoj3ae

On the Use of System-on-Chip Technology in Next-Generation Instruments Avionics for Space Exploration [chapter]

Xabier Iturbe, Didier Keymeulen, Patrick Yiu, Daniel Berisford, Robert Carlson, Kevin Hand, Emre Ozer
2016 IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology  
System-on-Chip (SoC) technology enables integrating all the functionality required to control and process science data delivered by space instruments in a single silicon chip (e.g., microprocessor + programmable  ...  Besides, we also discuss the different fault-tolerance techniques that have been implemented in the CIRIS controller SoC to deal with harsh radiation conditions prevailing in deep-space environments.  ...  Acknowledgment The research described in this chapter was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration  ... 
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46097-0_1 fatcat:nqui25k2t5b3fhey5ap3qskyfi

Adaptive controller for a Fourier Transform Spectrometer with space applications

Patrick Yiu, Xabier Iturbe, Didier Keymeulen, Dan Berisford, Kevin Hand, Robert Carlson, Winthrop Wadsworth, Jens Peter Dybwad, Ralph Levy
2015 2015 IEEE Aerospace Conference  
System-on-Chip (SoC) technology enables integrating all the functionality required to control and process science data delivered by space instruments in a single silicon chip (e.g., microprocessor + programmable  ...  Besides, we also discuss the different fault-tolerance techniques that have been implemented in the CIRIS controller SoC to deal with harsh radiation conditions prevailing in deep-space environments.  ...  Acknowledgment The research described in this chapter was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration  ... 
doi:10.1109/aero.2015.7119098 fatcat:xkkokvg52fbqfm6cuclpacpjl4

Isolation Design Flow Effectiveness Evaluation Methodology for Zynq SoCs

Arsalan Ali Malik, Anees Ullah, Ali Zahir, Affaq Qamar, Shadan Khan Khattak, Pedro Reviriego
2020 Electronics  
This paper proposes a methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of the IDF. To do so, reverse engineering is used to enable fault injection on the IDF designs with minimal changes in the bit-stream.  ...  Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM)-based Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are increasingly being used in many application domains due to their higher logic density and reconfiguration capabilities  ...  are vulnerable to radiation-induced failures, aging and electro-migration issues to name a few.  ... 
doi:10.3390/electronics9050814 fatcat:wqq5rqlkjbbqjabc44mzrxkkpy

Fine-grained module-based error recovery in FPGA-based TMR systems

Zhuoran Zhao, Dimitris Agiakatsikas, Nguyen T. H. Nguyen, Ediz Cetin, Oliver Diessel
2016 2016 International Conference on Field-Programmable Technology (FPT)  
Space processing applications deployed on SRAMbased Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are vulnerable to radiation-induced Single Event Upsets (SEUs).  ...  repairing soft-errors in the system.  ...  The considerable amount of configuration memory in these devices is also susceptible to radiation-induced corruption. Two approaches have emerged to deal with this problem.  ... 
doi:10.1109/fpt.2016.7929433 dblp:conf/fpt/ZhaoANCD16 fatcat:rs6a4kjn7bcgvji4sqhycdciwa

Identification of Design Considerations for Small Satellite Remote Sensing Systems in Low Earth Orbit

Juan Sebastián Triana, Sebastian Bautista, Freddy Alexander Díaz González
2015 Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management  
It will carry out a system of image acquisition as a working tool for researches based on the obtained data.  ...  For this reason, this article focuses on the identification of the characteristics, requirements and restrictions, which must be considered in the design of a remote sensing system for satellites under  ...  The radiation mainly induces two types of effects: the total ionizing dose (TID) and the single event effect (SEE), which affect the correct performance of the electronic devices.  ... 
doi:10.5028/jatm.v7i1.405 fatcat:t6mzpr4igzan3cwas3igmebcrm

Holographic MIMO Communications: Theoretical Foundations, Enabling Technologies, and Future Directions [article]

Tierui Gong, Panagiotis Gavriilidis, Ran Ji, Chongwen Huang, George C. Alexandropoulos, Li Wei, Zhaoyang Zhang, Mérouane Debbah, H. Vincent Poor, Chau Yuen
2023 arXiv   pre-print
In this survey, we present a comprehensive overview of the latest advances in the HMIMO communications paradigm, with a special focus on their physical aspects, their theoretical foundations, as well as  ...  However, in spite of the significant potential, the studies on HMIMO communications are still at an initial stage, its fundamental limits remain to be unveiled, and a certain number of critical technical  ...  Enabled by tunable devices and materials, reconfigurable HMIMOS are spurred. The authors used PIN diodes to dynamically control the radiation of each unit in [121] .  ... 
arXiv:2212.01257v2 fatcat:a74hkov4zjddfc2alo3a2kfvtu

Thermal transport in 3D printed shape memory polymer metamaterials

Shiva Farzinazar, Yueping Wang, Charles Abdol-Hamid Owens, Chen Yang, Howon Lee, Jaeho Lee
2022 APL Materials  
On the contrary, thermal radiation dominates heat transfer in microlattices and its contribution to the Kelvin-foam structure ranges from 68% to 83% and to the octet-truss structure ranges from 59% to  ...  Here, we show that thermal transport in 3D-printed shape memory polymers strongly depends on the shape, solid volume fraction, and temperature and that thermal radiation plays a critical role.  ...  Due to the dominant contribution of radiation heat transfer in low-density microlattices, the overall effective thermal conductivity of both OT and KF, therefore, increases significantly with temperature  ... 
doi:10.1063/5.0094036 fatcat:5zpoqvxbu5czpmgb5wy3gmcrvy

A Survey of FPGA-Based Robotic Computing [article]

Zishen Wan, Bo Yu, Thomas Yuang Li, Jie Tang, Yuhao Zhu, Yu Wang, Arijit Raychowdhury, Shaoshan Liu
2021 arXiv   pre-print
However, the high computation and data complexity of robotic algorithms pose great challenges to its applications. On the one hand, CPU platform is flexible to handle multiple robotic tasks.  ...  In this paper, we give an overview of previous work on FPGA-based robotic accelerators covering different stages of the robotic system pipeline.  ...  which radiation induces high local power dissipation, leading to device failure.  ... 
arXiv:2009.06034v3 fatcat:fnp5q5wcyrd2hgpllso22mv2xm
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