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Electrical
With one of its primary roles within NASA being the design, development, and testing of spacecraft, Johnson Space Center has a growing portfolio of electronic technologies. These technologies include field programmable gate arrays, circuits, data acquisition systems, capacitors, electronic controllers, and more.
Featured Technologies
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FPGAs with Reconfigurable Fault-Tolerant Redundancy
NASA’s Johnson Space Center has developed a technology that enables selective reconfiguration of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and similar devices between redundant and non-redundant operation, to meet application needs for the right mix of reliability and high capacity.
More Available Technologies
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Improved Phase-Locked Loop Circuit Operates with Broad 2-48 MHz Input
Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have patented an improved phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit that broadens the bandwidth, or available frequency range, of the circuit.
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Improving Signal-Conditioning Circuits
Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have patented a compact circuit design that does not require the use of external components. The design allows for the construction of multi-pole low pass filters for multiple instrument channels on a single complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) chip.
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Configurable Data Acquisition System Amplifies, Filters Signals
Innovators at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have developed and patented a method and apparatus for a sensor-based miniature data acquisition system that receives, amplifies, and filters signals. The invention allows many instrument channels to be fabricated on a single chip without the need for external capacitors and without devoting excessive chip area to capacitors.
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Measuring String Resistance with a Frequency-Varying Input Signal
Innovators at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have patented a method for measuring individual string resistance within a multiple string component. It is necessary to evaluate string health in order to monitor the condition of component systems such as batteries, thermistors, and sensors that output resistances.
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Intelligent Controllers Programmed According to Network Location
Researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center have patented a network system architecture that includes intelligent universal controllers (IUCs) capable of plug-and-play operation in several systems or subsystems. The innovation can configure and reconfigure system-level, interoperable spare components comprised of one or more electronic controllers such that a single architectural design can perform multiple tasks.