Meeting:
GLAST Preliminary Design Review, January 8-11, 2002
Subsystem:
Electrical
RFA Number:
51
Originator:
Fred Huegel, Code 561, 301-286-2286
Response Accepted/
RFA Closed:
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Specific Request:
Ensure that flight tantalum caps receive 100% surge current testing and conservative derating to
provide for maximum protection against short circuit failures in the tracker electronics.
Supporting Rational:
A large number of tantalum capacitors are used in the tracker electronics. A short in any of them
can bring down an entire tracker stack.
Response: