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Characterization and Synthesis of Circuits at Extreme Low Temperatures

ZEBULUM Ricardo S., KEYMEULEN Didier, RAMESHAM Rajeshuni, SEKANINA Lukáš, MAO James, KUMAR Nikhil and STOICA Adrian. Characterization and Synthesis of Circuits at Extreme Low Temperatures. Evolvable Hardware. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2006, pp. 161-172. ISBN 0-387-24386-0.
Czech title
Charakterizace a syntéza obvodů při extrémně nízkých teplotách
Type
book chapter
Language
english
Authors
Zebulum Ricardo S. (NASA JPL)
Keymeulen Didier (NASA JPL)
Ramesham Rajeshuni (NASA JPL)
Sekanina Lukáš, prof. Ing., Ph.D. (DCSY FIT BUT)
Mao James (NASA JPL)
Kumar Nikhil (NASA JPL)
Stoica Adrian (NASA JPL)
Keywords

evolvable hardware, FPTA, low temperatures

Abstract

This chapter describes circuit evolutionary experiments at extreme low temperatures, including the test of all system components at this extreme environment. Standard circuit designers have their target behavior limited to particular ranges of temperature, which usually does not achieve the extreme temperatures encoutered in some planets of our solar system. Our approach to this problem is the use of reconfigurable devices programmed by adaptive/evolutionary algorithms. Through reconfiguration, the new characteristics of the devices at extreme environment may be fully explored and correct functionality can be recovered. This chapter demonstrates this technique for circuit characterization, evolution and recovery at liquid nitrogen temperatures (-196.6C). In addition, preliminary tests are performed to assess the survivability limitations of the evolutionary processor at low temperatures.

Published
2006
Pages
161-172
Book
Evolvable Hardware
Series
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
ISBN
0-387-24386-0
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Place
Berlin, DE
BibTeX 
@INBOOK{FITPUB8149,
   author = "S. Ricardo Zebulum and Didier Keymeulen and Rajeshuni Ramesham and Luk\'{a}\v{s} Sekanina and James Mao and Nikhil Kumar and Adrian Stoica",
   title = "Characterization and Synthesis of Circuits at Extreme Low Temperatures",
   pages = "161--172",
   booktitle = "Evolvable Hardware",
   series = "Genetic and Evolutionary Computation",
   year = 2006,
   location = "Berlin, DE",
   publisher = "Springer Verlag",
   ISBN = "0-387-24386-0",
   language = "english",
   url = "https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/8149"
}
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