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www.mrcy.com INNOVATION THAT MATTERS ® Corporate Headquarters 50 Minuteman Road • Andover, MA 01810 USA (978) 967-1401 • (866) 627-6951 • Fax (978) 256-3599 The Mercury Systems logo and the following are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mercury Systems, Inc.: Mercury Systems, Innovation That Matters,EchoCore. Other marks used herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Mercury believes this information is accurate as of its publication date and is not responsible for any inadvertent errors. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. Copyright © 2019 Mercury Systems, Inc. 8007.00E-0619-wp-FPGA-thermal Conclusion As rival nations leverage readily available commercial technology to deploy advanced EW capabilities, maintaining control of the EMS necessitates the rapid and efficient development of new, high-performance systems that are optimized for SWaP-constrained environments. In order to ensure reliable operation, all phases of the design must incorporate accurate thermal modeling. These models must be accurate, flexible and have the efficiency to support parameter sweeping. Additionally, these models must incorporate a process to validate the hardware and correlate the empirical data to the modeled results. Since the actual power dissipation is dependent on the algorithm, this process must have the flexibility to be adjusted to represent multiple different applications. While the challenges described above are difficult to address, they are becoming increasingly relevant. Optimizing the power handling and understanding the design tradeoffs are critical to program success and requires a supplier with a high degree of technical understanding as well as the ability to effectively collaborate with the end user to solve the most difficult challenges. Table of Acronyms ASIC Application Specific Integrated Circuit FPGA Field Programmable Gate Array DRFM Digital Radio Frequency Memory DSP Digital Signal Processing EMS Electromagnetic Spectrum EW Electronic Warfare IoT Internet of Things MTBF Mean Time Between Failures SWaP Size, Weight and Power About the Authors Michael Potter is a Principal Hardware Engineer in Mercury's Embedded Sensor Processing Group. Michael has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama Huntsville with over three decades of engineering experience. He can be contacted at Michael.Potter@mrcy.com. Mario LaMarche is the Senior Product Marketing Manager for Mercury's RF, microwave and mixed-signal solutions. Mario has a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from UC Davis and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from Santa Clara University. He can be contacted at Mario.LaMarche@mrcy.com. For more information on Mercury's FPGA power modeling capabilities or to speak directly with an engineer, contact us at digital.rf@mrcy.com SCFE6120 FPGA Processing Module (Mercury Systems) Huntsville, Al 555 Discovery Drive • Huntsville, AL 35806 (256) 721-1911