About Us
Maprad is an Italian company actively working and providing radiation assurance for aerospace systems/sub-components according to ECSS/ESA standards for more than fifteen years.
Based on several years of research and development activities on space-based experiments in close collaboration with major European space industries, research institutes and space agencies, Maprad is pursuing its goals in terms of design, simulation, realization, qualification and commissioning of complex electronics and radiation detection systems.
In 2011/2012, Maprad won the Italy Innovation award with HIPRAD (High Precision Radiation Detector) and is currently collaborating within the concepts of Horizon 2020 SMARTFLEX project with international institutes.
Recently, thanks to supports from EU Commission, we have developed a compact system for thermo vacuum tests following major qualification standards (ECSS/ESA, MIL-STD-202, MIL-STD-810, RTCA/DO-160).
Radiation Effects Simulations
Single Event Effects (SEE), Total Ionizing Dose (TID), Displacement Damage (DD), charge build-up, solar irradiation effects (UV) on customer designed components through a dedicated Geant4-based software called MRADSIM
Radiation Effects Tests
- Preparation of test setups with all necessary ancillary circuitry/software
- Setup calibration through pulsed laser system prior to the irradiation tests
- Irradiation tests at major particle-physics labs around the world provided by a close partnership and a dedicated collaboration agreement
Radiation Mitigation Solutions
Proposal and implementation of radiation mitigation techniques in case the testing components have shown performance losses during the irradiation sessions