Download or read book Single Event Effects in Aerospace written by Edward Petersen and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book introduces the basic concepts necessary to understand Single Event phenomena which could cause random performance errors and catastrophic failures to electronics devices. As miniaturization of electronics components advances, electronics components are more susceptible in the radiation environment. The book includes a discussion of the radiation environments in space and in the atmosphere, radiation rate prediction depending on the orbit to allow electronics engineers to design and select radiation tolerant components and systems, and single event prediction.