Displacement Damage in Bipolar Linear Integrated Circuits
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The effects of proton and gamma radiation are compared for several types of integrated circuits with complex internal design and failure modes that are not as straightforward as the input bias current mechanism that is frequently used to study damage effects in linear devices. New circuit failure mechanisms were observed in voltage regulators that cause them to fail at much lower levels when they are irradiated with protons compared to tests with gamma rays at equivalent total dose levels. Protons caused much larger changes in output voltage than tests with gamma rays, which limits the maximum radiation level of some types of voltage regulators in environments dominated by protons.
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