Patents by Inventor Derek J. Van Damme

Derek J. Van Damme has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11941330
    Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for determining whether to conduct a mission. A method can include partitioning, by processing circuitry configured to implement a model for determining a value representing a probability that operation of an electronic part of a device will be upset by a single event effect (SEE), a trajectory of the device into disjoint time segments. The method can include determining, based on an effective shielding of the device and one or more flux lookup tables (LUTs) for each of the time segments, respective SEE rates experienced by the electronic part for each time segment. The method can include determining, based on the determined respective SEE rates and using the model, the probability. The method can include permitting the device to traverse the trajectory only if the determined probability is less than a specified threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kalen K. Omo, Derek J. Van Damme, Dmitry A. Lyapustin, Hillary Aigbe Omoigui, Jr., Rondell J. Wilson
  • Publication number: 20220035964
    Abstract: Discussed herein are devices, systems, and methods for determining whether to conduct a mission. A method can include partitioning, by processing circuitry configured to implement a model for determining a value representing a probability that operation of an electronic part of a device will be upset by a single event effect (SEE), a trajectory of the device into disjoint time segments. The method can include determining, based on an effective shielding of the device and one or more flux lookup tables (LUTs) for each of the time segments, respective SEE rates experienced by the electronic part for each time segment. The method can include determining, based on the determined respective SEE rates and using the model, the probability. The method can include permitting the device to traverse the trajectory only if the determined probability is less than a specified threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kalen K. Omo, Derek J. Van Damme, Dmitry A. Lyapustin, Hillary Aigbe Omoigui, JR., Rondell J. Wilson