The major technology areas that are being addressed for JUICE by the Advanced Technologies Section are:

• Demonstration of the deployment of a highly integrated low power ice penetrating radar antenna
• Low mass
• Solar cell LILT design optimisation and characterisation
• Qualification of integrated LILT solar cells
• Material compatibility assessment with a hydrogen peroxide sterilisation process
• Penetrator development within framework of a Jovian moon mission – Phase 1
• Penetrator development within framework of a Jovian moon mission – Phase 2
• Penetrator development within framework of a Jovian moon mission – Phase 3
• Characterisation of radiation resistant materials – Phase 1
• Validation of radiation resistant materials
• Survey of critical components for 150 krad power system design including delta radiation characterisation of RH power EEE components
• 150 krad power converter/system design and prototyping
• Front-end readout ASIC technology study and development test vehicles for front-end readout ASICS
• Radiation characterisation of front-end readout ASIC
• Radiation Tolerant (RT) analogue / mixed signal technology survey and test vehicle design
• Radiation characterisation of RT analogue / mixed signal technology
• DARE+(Design Against Radiation Effects) ASICs for extremely radiation hard (RH) & harsh environments
• Latch up protection for COTS (Commercial, off-the-shelf) digital components
• Radiation characterisation of Laplace critical RH optocouplers, sensors and detectors
• Radiation hard memory
• Qualification of radiation tolerant FLASH memory
• Radiation Effects on Sensors and Technologies for Cosmic Vision SCI Missions (REST-SIM)
• Evaluation of star tracker performance in high radiation environment

Further information on the JUICE mission can be obtained by following the link in the right-hand menu.