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Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Advanced Flight Computing

 

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, TRW, and nCHIP are developing an Advanced Flight Computer (AFC) [42, 43, 44], shown in Figure gif, using a 3D MCM technology. The duration of the project is three years, and started in 10/93. Their eventual goal is to be able to construct a complete set of spacecraft avionics as a stack of MCMs, including the AFC and other physically similar modules. The system addresses ``(i) the key microelectronics technologies that will enable the design and development of small, light weight, low power consuming, and lower cost spacecraft, (ii) the architecture of an integrated microelectronics system that includes multiple subsystems, and (iii) the implementation of such solutions by leveraging the force of the private sector as well as acting as a stimulus to the commercial industry.''

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Figure: JPL advanced flight computing using 3D MCM technology (Adapted from JPL WEB page).

The specifications of the AFC are [44]:


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Said F. Al-Sarawi,
Centre for High Performance Integrated Technologies and Systems (CHIPTEC),
Adelaide, SA 5005,
March 1997