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Radiation handbook for electronics
Our radiation handbook for electronics is your comprehensive guide to radiation effects for electronics. Building on decades of knowledge from TI’s expert teams, this 100+ page e-book features the latest design considerations for engineers who work on space, industrial and/or terrestrial applications.Regardless of your design experience, you will:
- Learn about radiation environments, their effects on IC devices and how to mitigate them
- Discover testing, procedures and requirements needed for radiation qualification
- Understand the benefits of using Texas Instruments’ portfolio of space-grade integrated circuit
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About the authors
Robert Baumann, TI fellow (emeritus), chief technologist
Robert discovered reaction of 10B with low-energy cosmic neutrons in specific IC layers was a dominant reliability risk and developed mitigation schemes directly reducing product failure rates ten-fold. He drove several radiation-effects breakthroughs in the industry, was responsible for development of international standards and changing U.S. export control laws, and a technical leader in various TI Dallas and TI Japan groups during his 29 years at TI. Robert was elected TI and IEEE Fellow, coauthored / presented > 90 papers, two book chapters, and has fifteen U.S. patents. Robert retired from TI in 2018.
Kirby Kruckmeyer, senior member of technical staff
In his nearly 40 years at National Semiconductor/Texas Instruments, Kirby has gained experience in a wide range of semiconductor technology disciplines that have led to his expertise in radiation effects in electronics. His involvement and contributions include wafer processing, semiconductor physics, rad hard processing, ELDRS-free processing, radiation hardness by design and innovative radiation testing techniques.
Additional supporting literature
Product guides
- TI Space Products (Rev. G) (PDF, 5596KB)
- Enhanced Product Selection Guide (Rev. B) (PDF, 531KB)
Getting started
- Understanding quality levels for high reliability-rated components (Rev. A) (PDF, 596KB)
- High Reliability Part Numbering System (Rev. A) (PDF, 326KB)
- DSCC Class Q & V Certification (PDF, 492KB)
- QML flow, its importance, and obtaining lot information (Rev. B) (PDF, 959KB)
- TI Engineering Evaluation Units vs. MIL-PRF-38535 QML Class V Processing (PDF, 613KB)
Application notes
- TI Space Rated Power Solution for Microsemi® RTG4™ FPGA (Rev. A) (PDF, 796KB)
- Use of an LDO as a Load Switch for Space Applications (PDF, 415KB)
- 16 MB Radiation-Hardened SRAM with EDAC to Mitigate Soft Errors (Rev. A) (PDF, 348KB)
- Measuring Die Temperature with Remote Diode Sensing in Space (PDF, 669KB)
- Rad-hardened FDA as Clock Buffer in Communication and Radar Payloads (Rev. A) (PDF, 3779KB)
- Reduce the risk in NewSpace with Space Enhanced Plastic products (PDF, 37KB)
Application notes
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| Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Failure Containment in Spacecraft Point-of-Load Power Supplies | 334 | 30 Apr 2020 | |
| High Reliability Part Numbering System (Rev. A) | 326 | 28 Oct 2019 | |
| Keystone Error Detection and Correction EDC ECC | 72 | 12 Aug 2019 |
Selection guides
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| Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
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| Enhanced Product Selection Guide (Rev. B) | 531 | 11 Oct 2019 | |
| TI Space Products (Rev. G) | 5596 | 15 May 2019 |
Radiation & Reliability reports
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| Title | Type | Size (KB) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LM239A-EP quad differential comparator reliability report (Rev. B) | 587 | 20 Apr 2020 | |
| Single-Event Effects Test Report for TMP461-SP High-Accuracy Remote and Local (Rev. A) | 3128 | 12 Feb 2020 | |
| SN74LVC1G04MDBVREP Reliability Report (Rev. A) | 89 | 28 Jan 2020 |