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Application of FPGA to nuclear power plant I&C systems HAYASHI Toshifumi1, KOJIMA Atsushi2, MIYAZAKI Tadashi3,
ODA Naotaka4, WAKITA Kiyotaka5, and FURUSAWA Takayoshi6 1. Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Company, 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, 235-8523 Japan, (toshifumi1.hayashi@glb.toshiba.co.jp)
2. Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Company, 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, 235-8523 Japan,(atsushi4.kojima@toshiba.co.jp)
3. Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Company, 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, 235-8523 Japan,(tadashi.miyazaki@toshiba.co.jp)
4. Toshiba Corporation Power Systems Company, 8, Shinsugita-cho, Isogo-ku, Yokohama, 235-8523 Japan,(naotaka.oda@toshiba.co.jp)
5. Toshiba Corporation, Fuchu Complex, 1, Toshiba-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8511 Japan,
(kiyotaka.wakita@toshiba.co.jp) 6. Toshiba Corporation, Fuchu Complex, 1, Toshiba-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo, 183-8511 Japan,
(takayoshi.furusawa@toshiba.co.jp) Abstract:This paper presents a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) application for nuclear power plants, and introduces Toshiba FPGA-based Instrumentation and Control (I&C) systems as typical examples. An FPGA is a semiconductor device including more than thousands of logic gates which can be connected to constitute application specific circuits. A notable feature of FPGA is its simplicity. Thanks to this feature, several companies including Toshiba have developed FPGA based-systems for nuclear power plants recently. The simplicity of FPGAs is one of the most notable advantages to provide cost-effective options for I&C systems, ensuring reliable and safe operation of nuclear power plants.
Keyword:Instrumentation and control; digital I&C system; FPGA |
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