4 Pin Failure Mode Analysis (Pin FMA)

This section provides a failure mode analysis (FMA) for the pins of the PGA308 (VSSOP (DGS) and VSON (DRK) packages). The failure modes covered in this document include the typical pin-by-pin failure scenarios:

• Pin short-circuited to ground (see Table 4-6 and Table 4-6)
• Pin open-circuited (see Table 4-7 and Table 4-7)
• Pin short-circuited to an adjacent pin (see Table 4-8 and Table 4-8)
• Pin short-circuited to supply (see Table 4-9 and Table 4-9)

Table 4-6 through Table 4-9 also indicate how these pin conditions can affect the device as per the failure effects classification in Table 4-1.

Following are the assumptions of use and the device configuration assumed for the pin FMA in this section:

• Short circuit to power means short to V+
• Short circuit to GND or ground means short to V–
• V+ is equivalent to VCC and V‒ equivalent to VEE