“Altera FPGA’s in Avionics/Military”

Adrian Fitzgerald

Senior Business Manager EMEA

Military / Aerospace / Government

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FPGAs Enable Innovation Across Industries

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Innovation Leader Across the Board

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Altera Coverage of Five Domains

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• EO/IR sensor fusion

• SAR image formation

• Autonomous navigation

• Target recognition / tracking

• DO-254/DO-178

• Fault tolerant design

• AESA radar system

• Radiation tolerance

• MIL 38535

• Missile guidance

• Motor control

• Kalman filter

• Data analytics

• Data compression

• Data transport

• Signal processor

• Data processor

• Beamforming

• Target detection & location

• EW jammer / receiver

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Complete Solutions from Altera

Superior Perf / PWR, Security & Reliability

Low-power Hard Floating

Point

SERDES

SiP

Better Component Solutions

Better Systems, Best TCO

Analog

Processing

Digital Processing (FPGA)

Receiver &

MixerBeamforming De-interleaving (sort) Signals

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Ultra

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UW

B)

Measurements

AOA, Freq, PRI, Pulse Width,

Power, Etc.

Determine Signal

Type & Char

Determine

Location

Correlate

(Thread ID)

ELINT DB

(Location)Thread UDF DB

(Type)

Ambiguity

Resolution

Track File

Mgmt

Record

Results

Display

Counter Measures

Take Direct

CM Action

Jammer

Chaff

Other

Digital Processing (Altera FPGA)

Signal Analyser

Database

Digital

BeamformingChannelizer

Target

Correlator

Mission Computer /

Operational Control

RF Data Link

Mission Data Loader

Local Algorithm

Storage

Target / Threat

Analysis

Window FFT

Signal Detection /

Freq. Estimation

RF Data

Recording

Weapon Store

Multi-Control Display

Analog

Processing

Receiver &

Mixer

Transmitter &

Mixer

Digital Processing (FPGA)

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TRM

TRM

TRM

TRM

...

TRM Digital WFG

Target Detection

(CFAR)

Doppler

Processing (MTI)

Pulse

Compression

STAP

Summation Pre-

detect

Signal Processor

Beam

Weights

System Control

Acceleration &

Bridging

Fusion,

Compensation,

Decisions

Data ProcessorDBF

DBF

DBF

DBF

DBF

...

Beam

Forming

Network

Signal

Processing

· Control

· Power

· Display

· Communications

Active Tx & Rx

Narrowband

Digital Processing (Altera FPGA)

Encrypted Data

Digital Up

Convert

Digital Down

Convert Modem DSP

General

Purpose

Processing

Waveform

Processing

Direct RF

Gsps

Decrypted Data

Voice DSP

General

Purpose

Processing

Waveform

Processing

Voice Codec

Crypto

Processing

Altera Security Supervisor IP

Design Separation Flow

Logic Lock and Trace Lock (Design Preservation)

Analog

Processing

Receiver &

Mixer

Transmitter &

Mixer

Analog

Processing

Digital Processing (FPGA)

Receiver &

MixerBeamforming Channelizer

Detector

Parameter

Extraction

Tracker

Digital RF

Memory

(DRFM)

Noise Technique

Direct Digital Synthesizer

(DDS)

Technique

Inverse

Channelizer

Transmitter &

MixerBeamforming

Thre

at Id

entific

atio

n &

Jam

Respon

se

Digital Processing (Altera FPGA)

PreprocessingBack Projection

Image Formation

Coherent

Exploration

Non-Coherent

Exploration

Image

Processing

Image

Analysis

Analog

Processing

Receiver &

Mixer

Transmitter &

Mixer

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EW

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Ecosystem

Partners

Customers

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System vs. Component Life-Cycle Comparison

R&D

2 – 4 years

2 Years Typical,

4 Years (automotive

or safety certification)

Active

5 – 10 years

Complete Technical

and Purchasing

Support (COGS)

Phase Out

1 – 3 years

Spare Parts, Repairs,

Migration to New Technology,

EOL Management

Obsolete

ASSP 5 years (typical)

Low Prices,

Consumer

Driven

MCU

7-10 years (typical)

Altera PLD

+15 years (typical)

Lowest TCO,

Off-the-Shelf, Very Wide

Customer Base, Used by

Many Market Segments

ASIC

10 years (typical)

High NRE,

100% Application Specific

OEM Product

Life-Cycle:

Component

Product

Life-Cycle:

t = 0

Low Prices,

Embedded

Driven

Other PLD

8 - 10 years (typical)

Altera Long Term Commitment to Avionics Production Lifecycles

Avionics Certification Challenges

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Safety Assessment

Process

(ARP 4761 / ED-135)

Aircraft & System Development Processes

(ARP 4754 / ED-79)

Guidelines for IMA

(DO-297 / ED-124)

Hardware Life-Cycle

(DO-254 / ED-80)

Software Life-Cycle

(DO-178C / ED-12C)

System

Design

Information

Function,

Failure, &

Safety

Information

Intended

Aircraft

Function

Reliability – Safety – Security

Reliability Pertains to system quality

Probability to function properly with respect to component failure

Functional safety Safeguarding of a system against hazards

due to faulty and functional interruption that may lead to dangerous failures

Security System security refers to ‘Cyber Security’

Cyber security: technologies and processes to protect IT systems and networks from malicious actions

Common intersection is fault

tolerance

Functional

Safety

Reliability

Fault

Tolerance

Security

Commercial Safety and Reliability Standards

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Industrial

IEC 61508

HW / SW

Medical

IEC 60601

Machinery

IEC 62061

Power Drive Sys

IEC 61800

Home Appliance

IEC 60730

Automotive

ISO 26262

Safety Instrumented Sys

IEC 61511

ProcessSWHW System

Space

ECSS-Q60-02

Avionics

DO-254

Nuclear

IEC 60987

Railway Systems

IEC 62425

Avionics

DO-178

Avionics - IMA

DO-297

Railway Signaling - SW

IEC 62279

Railway RAMS

IEC 62278 / EN 50126

Nuclear – SW Cat B or C

IEC 62138

Nuclear – SW Cat A

IEC 60880

Aircraft & Sys Dev

ARP 4754

= SEU or radiation effects consideration requirement

Federated Avionics vs. IMA

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Becoming more software defined architecture

Current new aircraft have mix of LRU and IMA

Embedded processor is inevitable, but Certification authorities have not granted use of embedded multicore

IMA growth depends on usage of embedded multicore processors

Function 1 Function 2 Function N

Application SW

Infrastructure / OS

Processor

I/O

Application SW

Infrastructure / OS

Processor

I/O

Application SW

Infrastructure / OS

Processor

I/O

...

Sensors

Effectors

Sensors

Effectors

Sensors

Effectors

LRU 1 LRU 2 LRU N

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nc

tio

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Inte

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tio

ns

...

General

Processing

Module 1

Infrastructure / Partitioned OS

Processors (Multiple Modules)

Unified Network

...

Remote

Interface

Unit (I/O)

Sensors

Effectors

Sensors

Effectors

...

...

Other FunctionsNavigation

Application SW

Communication

Application SW

...

Remote

Interface

Unit (I/O)

General

Processing

Module N

Remote

Interface

Unit (I/O)

Sensors

Effectors

Sensors

Effectors

Function N

Application SW

Function M

Application SW

...

Remote

Interface

Unit (I/O)

Conclusions

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Future Solutions Depends on Certification

Shift to IMA Approach Based on Economics SOC FPGA going to be at core of this

IMA Enables More Scalability & Functionality Certification for D0178/D0254 will be critical

Altera View - SOC Solution Will Be Core Aspect

Access Our Information

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Visit our sites

http://www.altera.com

http://www.altera.com/end-markets/military-aerospace/mil-index.html

https://www.altera.com/military-portal (registration required)

https://go.altera.com/extranet2001/solutions/mil_aero/ma-index.html

Contact us: mil@altera.com

Topics and Collateral Military Brochure

Applications

DO-254/Safety, Security

COTS, DSP, Reference design information

Military Temperature & Leaded Packaging

Event registration

Thank You

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Or

Contact mil@altera.com for general questions and support