Talk summary:
The radiation hardness of modern electronic devices regarding the space radiation environment is characterized according to two main aspects: cumulated effects and single event effects. The parts radiation qualification process includes Total Ionizing Dose (TID), Total Non-Ionizing Dose (TNID) and Single Event Effect (SEE) tests, usually performed independently.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the potential synergetic effects of TID on SEE sensitivity for 4 different types of electronic devices commonly used in space applications: – ADC AD9042 from Analog Device – DAC AD558 from Analog Device – Flash NAND MT29F4G08AAC from Micron – SRAM R1RW0416 from Renesas
After his graduation he joined TRAD in Toulouse, France, as a radiation test engineer.
With 4 years of experience in radiation characterization. He implemented a wide variety of electronic components test-benches – including analog, digital, and mixed signal devices – which he operated for radiation tests – Tid, SEE, TNID and FLASH X.
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Component selection
Four different type of devices have been selected in order to have different functions, manufacturers and technologies.
Test plan principle
The plan principle is made by 3 step. This step are composed for TID and SEE test in the different instances. A standard test is used in the Step 0,with a Preliminary TID and SEE test.
The Step 1, Combined TID & SEE test and the Parametric tests are performed on all devices before 60Co irradiation.
For last, the Step 2, also combined TID & SEE test and the Parametric tests are performed on 10 irradiated devices. The SEE test has been tested on 5 devices among the 10 irradiated devices.
Results analysis
Synergy effect analysis
- Impact of Total Ionizing Dose on SEE sensitivity and error bars
- Impact of bias condition during TID irradiation on SEE sensitivity
- Impact of TID on SEE signature
Conclusion
The effect of Total Ionizing Dose on the SEE sensitivity has been studied for 4 different devices:
- 400 devices procured
- 280 devices tested
- 214 devices delidded
- 145H of heavy ion beam
- 88 devices measured at each Co60 step
External parameter continuous monitoring showed:
- No Impact of delidding on TID degradation
- No Impact of delidding on SEE sensitivity
- Good testbench stability
No Impact of TID on SEE sensitivity:
- Weibull parameters
- Error bars
No Impact of TID on SEE signature:
- SET shape
- SEU bit localisation
- MBU multiplicity
⇒ No impact of TID on SEE for these references up to 150krad(Si)
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