Hardness assurance techniques and total dose radiation characterization data for new generation linear and COTS devices from various manufacturers are presented. A bipolar op amp showed more degradation at high dose rate than at low dose rate, which is opposite to the behavior of many other bipolar linear devices. New generation low-power op amps showed more degradation in electrical parameters with total power supply voltage of 3 V than at higher voltages. Minimum operating voltage is an important characterization parameter for newer low-power linear circuit designs
Published in:
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:43
,
Issue:
6
)
Date of Publication: Dec 1996