+ View the NASA Portal NEPP Website Search   Powered By Google Your Path: Home » Packaging » Packaging Experts   Packaging Publications Index   Packaging Publications By Area of Emphasis   Packaging Links Packaging Experts   Focused Packaging Issues Portals   Search         BACK to Publication List Task Plan - COTS MEMs Sensors-Accelerometers Quality & Reliability File Name: COTS MEMs Sensors-Accelerometers Quality & Reliability.doc | Date Submitted: 03/08/02   File Size: 170KB Document Author Reza Ghaffarian - Reza.Ghaffarian@jpl.nasa.gov Jet Propulsion Laboratory Phone: 818 354-2059 | FAX: 818 393-5245 [Additional User Information] Download "Task Plan - COTS MEMs Sensors-Accelerometers Quality & Reliability" (170KB) Now.   Description: COTS MEMs Sensors-Accelerometers Quality & Reliability   Abstract: Several commercial off-the-shelf MEMS packages were tested aboard the NASA’s STS-93 Space Shuttle in collaboration between Aerospace and JSC.  A follow up collaboration between Aerospace/JSC/JPL in FY00 was aimed to better define the cause of anomalies observed during flight testing and to understand their failure mechanisms.  To further define the areas of implementation for NASA’s missions, JSC was tasked to review the current sensing/accelerating macro systems for the Space Shuttle and to determine if COTS MEMS can be used as replacements.  JSC to follow up on this and initiate collaboration with project for initiation of candidate MEMS definition and implementation.     Related Project(s): EPAC (Electronic Packaging)   Related Area(s) of Emphasis: MEMS/MOEMs Reliability Assurance     NEPP Program Manager: Michael J. Sampson Responsible NASA Official: Michael J. Sampson Webmaster: Carl M. Szabo, Jr.       Last Updated: January 10, 2002