SNIS237A December 2024 – April 2025 TMP118
PRODUCTION DATA
The TMP118 features internal strain tolerance that helps mitigate error resulting from strain developed in the PicoStar package from various common manufacturing areas, including but not limited to device solder, molding, under-fill, and board flex.
To demonstrate this capability, multiple TMP118 devices are soldered onto a rigid 62mil thick PCB, and tested under multiple compression and tensile flexing orientations, with pin 1 located both orthogonal and parallel to the applied microstrain examined during the test, measured through a strain gauge. The test is performed under room temperature condition (30°C) VDD of 1.8V, and continuous conversion mode (1Hz conversion interval) with 8x averaging turned on. The resultant temp error under this strain is measured against a known reference, and are recorded at increasing flex levels of the PCB. Figure 7-6 demonstrates device distribution under these microstrain conditions. Several non-strain tolerant devices is also subjected to the same test to demonstrate the difference.