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Application Note 1848
Single Event Effects (SEE) Testing of the ISL71090SEH
Precision Voltage Reference
Introduction
SEE Test Facility
The intense proton and heavy ion environment encountered in
space applications can cause a variety of single event effects
in electronic circuitry, including Single Event Upset (SEU),
Single Event Transient (SET), Single Event Functional Interrupt
(SEFI) and Single Event Burnout (SEB). SEE can lead to
system-level performance issues including disruption,
degradation and destruction. For predictable and reliable
space system operation, individual electronic components
should be characterized to determine their SEE response. This
report discusses the results of SEE testing performed on the
ISL71090SEH product family of precision references.
Testing was performed at the Texas A&M University (TAMU)
Cyclotron Institute heavy ion facility. This facility is coupled to a
K500 super-conducting cyclotron, which is capable of
generating a wide range of test particles with the various
energy, flux and fluence levels needed for advanced radiation
testing.
Product Description
The ISL71090SEH is an ultra low noise, high DC accuracy
precision voltage reference product family with a wide input
range of 4V to 30V. Four voltage variants are available, 1.25V
(ISL71090SEH12), 2.5V (ISL71090SEH25), 5.0V
(ISL71090SEH50) and 7.5V (ISL71090SEH75). The
ISL71090SEH uses Intersil’s PR40 Advanced Bipolar
technology to achieve sub 2µVP-P noise at 0.1Hz and achieve
0.15% accuracy over-temperature and total ionizing dose
radiation. Implementation in an advanced bonded wafer SOI
process using deep trench isolation results in fully isolated
structures and latch-up free performance, whether electrically
or single event (SEL) caused.
Product Documentation
For more information about the ISL71090SEH, refer to the
documentation shown below.
• ISL71090SEH12, ISL71090SEH25, ISL71090SEH50,
ISL71090SEH75 Datasheets
• SMD: 5962-13211
SEE Test Setup
SEE testing is carried out with the sample in an active
configuration. A schematic of the ISL71090SEH SEE test
fixture is shown in Figure 1 on page 2. The test circuit is
configured to accept an input voltage from 4V to 30V and
generate the nominal output voltage. The output current of the
reference was adjusted using fixed load resistors on test
board. The output capacitor, C4, and the compensation
capacitor C2 were varied for some tests between 0.1µF to
10µF and 1nF to 10nF respectively.
Four ISL71090SEH test fixtures were mounted to a test jig,
which could be moved with respect to the ion beam. The parts
were assembled in dual in-line packages with the metal lid
removed for beam exposure. Using 20-foot coaxial cables, the
test jig was connected to a switch box in the control room,
which contained all of the monitoring equipment. The switch
box allowed any one of the four test circuits to be controlled
and monitored remotely. Later testing utilized a board with
four units mounted to allow them to be irradiated and
monitored simultaneously.
Digital multimeters were used to monitor input voltage (VIN),
output voltage (VOUT) and input current (IIN). LeCroy
waveRunner 4-channel digital oscilloscopes were used to set
the trigger levels and to monitor, capture and store key signal
waveforms. Table 1 shows the scope configurations used
during the testing.
• AN1847 - “ISL71090SEHxx User Guide”
• AN1849 - “Total Dose Testing of the ISL71090SEH Precision
Voltage Reference”
SEE Test Objectives
The ISL71090SEH was tested to determine its susceptibility to
SEB and to characterize its SET behavior over various linear
energy transfer (LET) ion levels.
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TABLE 1. OSCILLOSCOPE CONFIGURATIONS
SCOPE
CHANNEL
1
TRIGGER
SIGNAL
TRIGGER
LEVEL
1
VOUT
VOUT
∆V = ±20mV
2
VOUT
VOUT
∆V = ±75mV
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SEB Testing
For the SEB tests, conditions were selected to maximize the
electrical and thermal stresses on the device under test (DUT),
thus insuring worst-case conditions. The input voltage (VIN) was
initially set to 35V and then increased in 1V increments. The
capacitors were set to COUT = 0.1µF and CCOMP = 1nF. SEB
testing was conducted with the ISL71090SEH25, hence the
output voltage (VOUT) was 2.5V. Output current (IOUT) was set to
20mA which is the maximum recommended current rating for
load regulation of the device. Case temperature was maintained
at +125ºC by controlling the current flowing into a resistive
heater bonded to the underside of the DUT. This ensured that the
junction temperature of the DUT exceeded +125ºC, which is the
maximum junction temperature anticipated for high reliability
applications. Four DUTs were irradiated with Au ions at a normal
incident angle, resulting in an effective LET of
86.4MeV•cm2/mg. Table 2 summarizes the results of SEB
testing. The chart shows sample size and passing results for an
input voltage level of 37V on each device.
The failure criterion for destructive SEE was an increase in
operating input current (IIN) greater than 5% measured at 20mA
output current. IIN is defined as the total current drawn by the
device. Failed devices were not further irradiated.
From a design perspective, all the products in the ISL71090SEH
product family are exactly the same in silicon. The output
voltage, even though they are different values, are produced the
same way and trimmed through a resistor ladder network. All the
parts are built in the same process and are functionally
equivalent. Therefore, all ISL71090SEH25 SEB results are
applicable to the complete product family.
TABLE 2. ISL71090SEH SEB TEST RESULTS. SAMPLES WERE TESTED WITH INCREASING INPUT VOLTAGE (VIN) UNTIL FAILURE.
LET
SUPPLY CURRENT
PRE-EXPOSURE
(mA)
SUPPLY CURRENT
POST- EXPOSURE
(mA)
LATCH
EVENTS
CUMULATIVE FLUENCE
(PARTICLES/cm2)
DEVICE ID
SEB/L
+125
86.3
21.364
21.365
0
2.00E+06
1
PASS
+125
86.3
21.379
21.376
0
2.00E+06
2
PASS
+125
86.3
21.359
21.358
0
2.00E+06
3
PASS
+125
86.3
21.356
21.354
0
2.00E+06
4
PASS
TEMPERATURE
(°C)
Total Events
Overall Fluence
0
8.00E+06
Total Units
4
NOTE: The chart shows sample size and pass results for the input voltage level of 37V as well as the total effective fluence for each level.
FIGURE 1. SCHEMATIC OF THE ISL71090SEH SEE TEST CIRCUIT
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SET Testing of ISL71090SEH25, 2.5V Output Samples
The first set of SET testing of the ISL71090SEH family was done
on four samples of the ISL71090SEH25, which were irradiated at
room temperature across a range of LET from 2.7MeV•cm2/mg
to 86.4MeV•cm2/mg to observe SET performance. Samples
were separately tested to VIN of 4V and 30V. The parts were
configured with 0.1µF output capacitor, 1nF compensation
capacitor and 20mA load current to set up the worst conditions
for negative going transients. Table 3 shows the SET summary
giving the cross section for each input voltage and LET level.
Figure 2 is the LET threshold plot produced from the SET
summary table.
Figures 3 through 12 represent output waveform responses of
the DUTs at the respective bias conditions and LET levels. The
plots are composites of all the transients captured on the scope.
This information is useful in quantifying the excursion of the
output voltage as a result of SEE induced transients.
The worst case SET appeared for the case of LET = 56 and
VIN = 4V with about 340mV in negative SET. The second worst
case appeared for LET = 86 and VIN = 4V at about 325mV. The
longest recovery times were about 50µs.
TABLE 3. SET SUMMARY OF FULLY FUNCTIONAL ISL71090SEH25 SAMPLES AT 4.0V AND 30V INPUT VOLTAGE., COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF AND
IOUT = 20mA. TRIGGER LEVEL FOR THE OUTPUT VOLTAGE SET TO ±20mV.
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
(V)
ION/ANGLE
EFF LET
(MeV•cm2/mg)
FLUENCE PER RUN
(PARTICLES/cm2)
NUMBER OF RUNS
TOTAL SET
EVENTS CS
(cm2)
4
Ne/0
2.7
2.00E+06
4
40
5.00E-06
30
Ne/0
2.7
2.00E+06
4
6
7.50E-07
4
Ar/0
8.5
2.00E+06
4
256
3.20E-05
30
Ar/0
8.5
2.00E+06
4
365
4.56E-05
4
Kr/0
28
2.00E+06
4
439
5.49E-05
30
Kr/0
28
2.00E+06
4
754
9.43E-05
4
Kr/60
56
2.00E+06
2
365
9.13E-05
30
Kr/60
56
2.00E+06
2
590
1.48E-04
4
Au/0
86.3
2.00E+06
4
609
7.61E-05
30
Au/0
86.3
2.00E+06
4
944
1.18E-04
1.60E-04
30V SUPPLY VOLTAGE
CROSS SECTION (cm2)
1.40E-04
1.20E-04
1.00E-04
4V SUPPLY VOLTAGE
8.00E-05
6.00E-05
4.00E-05
2.00E-05
0.00E+00
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
100
LET (MeV•cm2/mg)
FIGURE 2. ISL71090SEH25 LET THRESHOLD PLOT FOR ±20mV TRIGGER WINDOW WITH COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF AND IOUT = 20mA
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2.60
2.60
50mV/DIV
50mV/DIV
2.55
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.55
2.50
2.45
10µs/DIV
10µs/DIV
-3
-2
-1
0
1
2
3
TIME (sec)
4
5
2.35
6
7
x10-5
2.60
50mV/DIV
2.50
2.45
2.40
-1
0
1
2
3
TIME (sec)
4
5
6
7
x10-5
50mV/DIV
2.50
2.45
2.40
2.35
-1.5
5µs/DIV
5µs/DIV
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
2.35
-1.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 5. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 8.5
VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
3.0
3.5
x10-5
2.60
50mV/DIV
2.55
2.55
2.50
2.50
2.45
2.40
2.35
2.30
2.45
50mV/DIV
2.40
2.35
2.30
2.25
2.25
5µs/DIV
2.20
-1.5
2.5
FIGURE 6. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 8.5
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
-2
2.55
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.55
2.60
-3
FIGURE 4. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 2.7
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
FIGURE 3. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 2.7
VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
2.60
2.45
2.40
2.40
2.35
2.50
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 7. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 28
VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
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5µs/DIV
2.20
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 8. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 28
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
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2.60
2.55
2.50
2.50
2.45
2.45
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.55
2.60
50mV/DIV
2.40
2.35
340mV
2.30
2.35
2.30
2.25
2.20
2.20
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
2.60
2.55
2.50
2.50
2.45
2.45
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.55
2.35
2.30
2.25
2.10
-1.5
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
50mV/DIV
2.40
2.35
2.30
2.25
2.20
2.15
-1.0
FIGURE 10. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 56
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
50mV/DIV
2.40
5µs/DIV
2.10
-1.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 9. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 56
VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
2.60
2.15
5µs/DIV
2.10
-1.5
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.40
2.25
2.15
50mV/DIV
2.20
325mV
5µs/DIV
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 11. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 86
VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF.
THE SCOPE CAPTURE WAS TRUNCATED AT 2.2V
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2.15
2.10
-1.5
5µs/DIV
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 12. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 86
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
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SET Testing of ISL71090SEH12, 1.25V Output Samples
Two samples of the ISL71090SEH12 were irradiated at room
temperature at LET 58 to observe SET performance. Samples
were separately tested to VIN of 4V and 30V. Table 4 shows the
SET summary for this initial testing.
Figures 13 and 14 are composite plots of all the transients
captured on the scope in this SET test condition for the
ISL71090SEH12. Again these two parts were operated with
COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF, and IOUT = 20mA.
TABLE 4. SET SUMMARY OF FULLY FUNCTIONAL ISL71090SEH12 SAMPLES AT 4.0V AND 30V INPUT VOLTAGE. TRIGGER LEVEL FOR THE OUTPUT
VOLTAGE SET TO ±20mV.
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
(V)
ION/ANGLE
EFF LET
(MeVcm2/mg)
FLUENCE PER RUN
(PARTICLES/cm2)
NUMBER OF RUNS
TOTAL SET
EVENTS CS
(cm2)
4
Pr/0
58
2.00E+06
2
150
7.5E-05
30
Pr/0
58
2.00E+06
2
256
1.28E-04
1.30
50mV/DIV
1.25
1.25
1.20
1.20
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
1.30
1.15
1.10
50mV/DIV
1.15
260mV
1.10
225mV
1.05
1.05
5µs/DIV
1.00
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 13. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH12 AT LET 58
VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
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1.00
-1.5
-1.0
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
TIME (sec)
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 14. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH12 AT LET 58
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF.
THE SCOPE CAPTURE WAS TRUNCATED AT 1.0V
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SET Testing of ISL71090SEH75, 7.50V Output Samples
Four samples of the 7.5V part, ISL71090SEH75, were run for SET
with IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, VIN = 9.2V and 30V, at
LET = 8.5, 28, and 56 MeV•cm2/mg. The summary of the
testing is below. Table 5 provides the SET count versus LET
summary and Figure 15 shows a plot of the SET cross section
(events/fluence). The first two parts had COUT = 0.1µF and
CCOMP = 1nF (datasheet recommendation). Composite SET plots
for one of these two parts are shown in Figures 16 and 17.
TABLE 5. SET SUMMARY OF FULLY FUNCTIONAL ISL71090SEH75 SAMPLES AT 9.2V AND 30V INPUT VOLTAGE. TRIGGER LEVEL FOR THE OUTPUT
VOLTAGE SET TO ±75mV.
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
(V)
LET
(MeV•cm2/mg)
FLUENCE
(PARTICLES/cm2)
EVENTS (±75mV)
σ
(cm2)
9.2
8.5
8.00E+06
342
4.28E-05
30
8.5
8.00E+06
430
5.38E-05
9.2
28
8.00E+06
866
1.08E-04
30
28
8.00E+06
1186
1.48E-04
9.2
56
8.00E+06
827
1.03E-04
30
56
8.00E+06
1359
1.70E-04
1.8E-04
30V
SET ±75mV CROSS SECTION (cm2)
1.6E-04
1.4E-04
1.2E-04
1.0E-04
9.2V
8.0E-05
6.0E-05
4.0E-05
2.0E-05
0.0E+00
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
ION LET (MeV•cm2/mg)
FIGURE 15. ISL71090SEH75 LET THRESHOLD PLOT FOR ±75mV TRIGGER WINDOW WITH COUT = 0.1µF AND IOUT = 20mA
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0.5
0.5
500mV/DIV
0
~150mV
0
-0.5
-0.5
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
500mV/DIV
~150mV
750mV
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0
-1.0
900mV
-1.5
-2.0
2.1V
-2.5
-3.0
-2
20µs/DIV
20µs/DIV
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
-3.0
-2
16
FIGURE 16. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 56
VIN = 9.2V, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
4
6
8
10
14
16
x10-5
0.5
500mV/DIV
0
~500mV
-0.5
AMPLITUDE (V)
-0.5
~750mV
-1.5
-2.0
~600mV
-1.0
~1V
-1.5
-2.0
-2.5
-2.5
20µs/DIV
20µs/DIV
-3.0
-2
12
FIGURE 17. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 56
VIN = 30V, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
0
AMPLITUDE (V)
2
TIME (sec)
500mV/DIV
-1.0
0
x10-5
TIME (sec)
0.5
2.4V
-2.5
0
2
4
6
8
TIME (sec)
10
12
14
16
x10-5
FIGURE 18. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 56
VIN = 9.2V, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
The SET displayed above exhibit two forms. The first is a very
rapid drop in voltage to close to -1V from regulation and followed
by a rapid recovery and substantial overshoot (100mV to
150mV). The type exhibits a slower and prolonged drop in output
voltage with terminal values -2.5V from regulation. Recovery
from the second form is slower but does not show a pronounced
overshoot.
Two more ISL71090SEH75 parts were then tested with
CCOMP = 10nF but still with COUT = 0.1µF. The results from one of
these parts are shown in Figures 18 and 19.
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-3.0
-2
0
2
4
6
8
TIME (sec)
10
12
14
16
x10-5
FIGURE 19. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 56
VIN = 30V, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
The higher value of CCOMP significantly reduced the SET. The
long slow SET was reduced from ~2.5V to ~600mV and the sharp
SET was essentially unchanged with a magnitude of about 1V but
without the recovery overshoot. So, from an SET mitigation
perspective, the bandwidth limiting of the larger CCOMP is
preferable.
The SET resulting from ions (Ar) with LET = 8.5MeV•cm2/mg are
shown in Figures 20 and 21. Even at this low LET the part
exhibited SET of 400mV magnitude.
Four more ISL71090SEH75 parts were run for SET testing to
explore the impact of capacitor selection as described in Table 6
on page 9.
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0.5
0.5
500mV/DIV
0
0
-0.5
~400mV
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
-0.5
500mV/DIV
-1.0
-1.5
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0
-2.0
-2.5
-2.5
20µs/DIV
-3.0
-2
0
2
4
6
8
TIME (sec)
10
12
14
20µs/DIV
16
-3.0
-2
0
2
4
x10-5
FIGURE 20. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 8.5
VIN = 9.2V, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
6
8
TIME (sec)
10
12
14
16
x10-5
FIGURE 21. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 8.5
VIN = 30V, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
TABLE 6. SUMMARY OF CONDITIONS FOR SECOND ROUND OF SET RUNS ON THE ISL71090SEH75
SET COUNTS (±20mV), 4E+06 ION/CM2
RUN
LET
(MeV•cm2/mg)
311
312
313
-10
28
20
314
211
212
213
-10
8.5
20
214
111
112
113
IOUT (mA)
-10
2.7
20
114
COUT = 1µF
CCOMP = 1nF
COUT = 1µF
CCOMP = 10nF
DUT 1
DUT 2
DUT 3
DUT 4
9.2
832
87
210
55
30
1074
115
312
71
9.2
869
231
224
72
30
1193(Figure 22)
238
304(Figure 24)
97
9.2
221
52
60
40
30
317
69
93
50
9.2
265
67
55
60
30
314
83
91
72
9.2
154
28
21
22
30
133
6
2
2
9.2
147
12
20
25
30
120(Figure 23)
17
16
27
VIN (V)
COUT = 10µF
CCOMP = 10nF
NOTE: Bold entries with superscripts are shown as composite plot figures.
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-600mV. Clearly the part is sensitive to lower LET ions.
Comparing Figures 22 and 24 shows the impact of going to
larger capacitors (COUT from 1µF to 10µF and CCOMP from 1nF to
10nF). The change reduces worst SET for LET 27 deviations from
-1.4V to 0.18V, though the recovery time is considerably
stretched out.
Figure 22 shows a composite of large negative going SET for
DUT1 run 314. The worst of these SET bottom out at about -1.4V
deviation. These are about 175µs at return to cross nominal
before overshooting about 100mV. Certainly not all of the SET
are this severe, but a good number are. Even at LET of
2.7MeV•cm2/mg (DUT1 run 114) Figure 23 shows a few SET to
200mV/DIV
0.2
0
0
-0.2
-0.2
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
200mV/DIV
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1.0
-1.0
20µs/DIV
-1.2
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
-1.2
20µs/DIV
-2
14
0
2
x10-4
TIME (sec)
6
8
10
12
TIME (sec)
FIGURE 22. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 28
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
0.2
4
14
x10-4
FIGURE 23. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 2.7
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
200mV/DIV
0
AMPLITUDE (V)
-0.2
-0.4
-0.6
-0.8
-1.0
20µs/DIV
-1.2
-2
0
2
4
6
TIME (sec)
8
10
12
14
x10-4
FIGURE 24. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 28, VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 10µF, CCOMP = 10nF
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SET Testing of ISL71090SEH50, 5.0V Output Samples
Four samples of the 5.0V part, ISL71090SEH50, were run for SET
with IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF, VIN = 7V and
30V, at LET = 8.5, 28 and 56MeV•cm2/mg. The CCOMP was set
to 10nF as it was determined to be better at suppressing SET on
the 7.5V device. Table 7 summarizes the SET event counts versus
LET and bias conditions. Figure 25 provides plots of the SET cross
section versus LET. The composite SET plots for one device in
each of these six irradiation runs appear in Figures 26 through
31.
TABLE 7. SET SUMMARY OF FULLY FUNCTIONAL ISL71090SEH50 SAMPLES AT 7V AND 30V INPUT VOLTAGE. TRIGGER LEVEL FOR THE OUTPUT
VOLTAGE SET TO ±50mV.
SUPPLY VOLTAGE
(V)
LET
(MeV•cm2/mg)
FLUENCE
(PARTICLES/cm2)
EVENTS (±50mV)
σ
(cm2)
7
8.5
8.00E+06
375
4.69E-05
30
8.5
8.00E+06
442
5.53E-05
7
28
8.00E+06
743
9.29E-05
30
28
8.00E+06
1073
1.34E-04
7
56
8.00E+06
950
1.19E-04
30
56
8.00E+06
1308
1.64E-04
1.8E-04
SET ±75mV CROSS SECTION (cm2)
1.6E-04
30V
1.4E-04
1.2E-04
7V
1.0E-04
8.0E-05
6.0E-05
4.0E-05
2.0E-05
0.0E+00
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
ION LET (MeV•cm2/mg)
FIGURE 25. ISL71090SEH50 LET THRESHOLD PLOT FOR ±50mV TRIGGER WINDOW WITH COUT = 0.1µF AND IOUT = 20mA
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0.5
500mV/DIV
0
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
0.5
≤200mV
-0.5
500mV/DIV
0
-0.5
20µs/DIV
-1.0
-2
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
20µs/DIV
FIGURE 26. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH50 AT LET 8.5
VIN = 7V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
2
4
0.5
-0.5
8
10
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
0
-0.5
20µs/DIV
0
0.5
-0.5
2
4
6
8
TIME (sec)
10
12
14
12
8
10
12
16
x10-5
14
16
x10-5
0
-0.5
≤800mV
FIGURE 30. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH50 AT LET 56
VIN = 7V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
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500mV/DIV
20µs/DIV
0
4
FIGURE 29. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH50 AT LET 28
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
500mV/DIV
0
-1.0
-2
2
TIME (sec)
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
-1.0
-2
16
FIGURE 28. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH50 AT LET 28
VIN = 7V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
0.5
16
500mV/DIV
x10-5
TIME (sec)
14
x10-5
20µs/DIV
-1.0
-2
12
FIGURE 27. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH50 AT LET 8.5
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
500mV/DIV
0
6
TIME (sec)
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
0
x10-5
TIME (sec)
0.5
-1.0
-2
16
-1.0
-2
0
2
20µs/DIV
4
6
8
TIME (sec)
10
12
14
16
x10-5
FIGURE 31. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH50 AT LET 56
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 0.1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
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The SET exhibited by the ISL71090SEH50 fall into two basic
categories; fast negative spike and slow negative ramp and
recovery similar to the 7.5V reference. The fast spikes can be as
large as 800mV for LET 56 and VIN = 30V. Under the same
conditions the slow (20µs) negative ramp can reach 300mV. The
disturbances can take significantly over 160µs to recover. Even
at LET = 8.5MeV•cm2/mg (Figures 23 and 24), there are SET of
approximately 200mV.
More SET testing of the ISL71090SEH50 took place to look at the
impact of higher COUT values. The summary of the testing done
and the resulting oscilloscope captures is presented in Table 8.
Significant SET were captured on DUT1 (COUT = 1µF,
CCOMP = 1nF). Figure 32 on page 14 displays a composite plot
for LET = 28MeV•cm2/mg and VIN = 30V that range from
-550mV to +70mV and a characteristic under damped response.
The captures stopped at 150µs before the output had recovered
fully. It is interesting that the initiating SET appears as a fast fall
on the output, but the output follows a slow linear loop response
recovery.
Figure 33 on page 14 shows that a change to COUT = 10µF and
CCOMP = 10nF almost eliminate the SET resulting from
LET = 28MeV•cm2/mg at VIN = 30V, the same conditions as in
Figure 32. Comparison shows the significant reduction in the SET
deviation although a long settling time is still evident.
Figure 34 on page 14 shows that leaving COUT at 1µF but
increasing CCOMP to 10nF provides significant improvement over
the case in Figure 32 (COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF) but not as much
as with COUT = 10µF.
Finally, reducing the LET to 2.7MeV•cm2/mg for DUT1
(COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF) provides moderate suppression of
the SET magnitudes as shown in Figure 35 on page 14. The worst
case SET deviations are only about 200mV or one third of those
seen at LET 28 in Figure 32. Clearly the change in capacitance is
much more effective at limiting the SET deviation than the
reduction in LET.
TABLE 8. SUMMARY OF QUAD TESTING OF ISL71090SEH50 PARTS BOLD ENTRIES WITH SUPERSCRIPTS ARE SHOWN AS COMPOSITE PLOT
FIGURES
SET COUNTS (±20mV), 4E+06 ION/cm2
RUN
LET
(MeV•cm2/mg)
301
302
303
-10
28
20
304
201
202
203
-10
8.5
20
204
101
102
103
IOUT (mA)
-10
2.7
20
104
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CCOMP = 1nF
COUT = 1µF
CCOMP = 10nF
DUT 1
DUT 2
DUT 3
DUT 4
7
689
60
53
61
30
1022
85
84
34
VIN (V)
COUT = 10µF
CCOMP = 10nF
7
707
218
121
45
30
879(Figure 32)
224(Figure 34)
117(Figure 33)
87
7
203
30
2
0
30
237
18
2
0
7
195
43
2
1
30
247
59
45
35
7
141
16
0
0
30
139
0
0
0
7
122
2
0
0
30
129(Figure 35)
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100mV/DIV
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
AMPLITUDE (V)
AMPLITUDE (V)
0.5
0.1
0
-0.1
-0.2
0
-0.1
-0.2
-0.3
-0.4
-0.4
-0.5
50µs/DIV
-5
0
5
10
-1
15
FIGURE 32. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 28
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
0.5
0.5
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.2
AMPLITUDE (V)
0.4
0.1
0
-0.1
-0.2
3
TIME (sec)
4
5
6
7
x10-5
FIGURE 34. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 28
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 10nF
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6
7
x10-5
100mV/DIV
-0.2
-0.4
2
4
-0.1
-0.3
100µs/DIV
3
0
-0.4
-0.5
2
0.1
-0.3
1
1
FIGURE 33. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 28
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 10µF, CCOMP = 10nF
0.4
0
0
TIME (sec)
100mV/DIV
-1
100µs/DIV
x10-5
TIME (sec)
AMPLITUDE (V)
0.1
-0.3
-0.5
100mV/DIV
-0.5
-5
50µs/DIV
0
5
TIME (sec)
10
15
x10-5
FIGURE 35. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH75 AT LET 2.7
VIN = 30V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
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Role of COUT in SET of ISL71090SEHxx
compensation capacitor from 1nF to 10nF. The resulting
composite plot of SET is in Figures 36 and 37.
After running the various types with COUT = 0.1µF, it was decided
to go back and look at the results with larger COUT to see if the
SET magnitudes reduced. Toward that end, two parts of the
ISL71090SEH25 were tested at LET 86 with COUT = 1.0µF and
10.0µF. Composite plots of the SET appear in Figures 36 and 37.
Increasing COUT to 10µF further reduced the negative SET at LET
of 86 to about 30mV but also prolonged the recovery time.
Clearly the size of COUT serves to mitigate the SET magnitudes,
but not in proportion to capacitance value. The 10x increase from
1µF to 10µF only reduced the SET by about 3x (for the same
IOUT). To be sure, the smallest SET was found to be with the
largest COUT, but the capacitance benefit was about equal to the
square root of the capacitance ratio; a 10x reduction in SET was
realized in going from 0.1µF to 10µF.
The reduction of IOUT (20mA to 10mA) and the increase of COUT
(0.1µF to 1µF) took the negative SET at LET 86 from over 325mV
(Figure 11) down to roughly 108mV, but pushed the recovery
time to beyond 50µs. The 10x increase in capacitance did not
realize a 10x reduction in the SET, even with the 2x reduction in
IOUT. Only a reduction of SET by about 3x was achieved with both
the reduction in IOUT and the increase in COUT.
Later tests on the 5.0V and 7.5V versions of the references
demonstrated clear SET suppression at lower LET (28, 8.5 and
2.7MeV•cm2/mg) with the larger capacitance values. Even in
this most favorable of conditions, a very few SET of 20mV were
noted for LET of 2.7MeV•cm2/mg.
A further reduction in SET was sought with a further increase in
COUT to 10µF. This was accompanied with an increase in the
50mV/DIV
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.50
2.45
2.40
108mV
2.35
5µs/DIV
2.30
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
TIME (sec)
FIGURE 36. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 86, VIN = 4V, IOUT = 10mA, COUT = 1µF, CCOMP = 1nF
2.54
20mV/DIV
2.52
AMPLITUDE (V)
2.50
2.48
2.46
30mV
2.44
2.42
5µs/DIV
2.40
-0.5
0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
TIME (sec)
2.5
3.0
3.5
x10-5
FIGURE 37. COMPOSITE SET PLOT FOR ISL71090SEH25 AT LET 86, VIN = 4V, IOUT = 20mA, COUT = 10µF, CCOMP = 10nF
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Conclusion
SEE testing of the ISL71090SEH precision reference product
family has demonstrated that the devices are not susceptible to
single event damage (SEB) at an LET of 86.3MeV•cm2/mg with
an input voltage of 37V and a load current of 20mA. This
represents conditions that are over 20% above the
recommended input voltage of 30V and 100% of the load
regulation drive capability of the IC (20mA).
SET testing demonstrated that all transients can be confined to
be predominately negative if CCOMP is selected to be large
(10nF). This was demonstrated in the testing of the 7.5V version
with CCOMP both 1nF (Figures 16 and 17) and 10nF (Figures 18
and 19). In addition, a larger COUT (10µF) suppresses SET
magnitude (Figures 32 and 33). In both cases the extra
capacitance limits the SET magnitude, but the SET disturbance
duration is stretched out, so capacitor selection represents a
compromise between SET magnitude and duration. For
maximum SET magnitude suppression the capacitors should be
COUT = 10µF and CCOMP = 10nF. It should be noted that even at
LET = 2.7MeV•cm2/mg the 2.5V part showed a nominal cross
section of 1.2E-05 cm2 for SET more than 20mV. At
LET = 2.7MeV•cm2/mg the 5.0V part showed a nominally larger
cross section of 3.2xE-05 cm2 for SET more than 20mV. This is to
be expected as the 20mV criteria is a smaller fractional
perturbation on the higher nominal output. It should also be
noted that SET magnitude scales with the output voltage, so that
the 7.5V reference exhibits the largest SET.
Based on this testing, the selection of COUT = 10µF and
CCOMP = 10nF seems best from an SET suppression perspective.
However, this has bandwidth implications and does not eliminate
all SET even at low LET (less than or equal to 2.7MeV•cm2/mg).
The user is encouraged to carefully consider the selection and
implications of the capacitance values.
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