SLAK024A January 2019 – March 2024 TPS73801-SEP
The effects of heavy-ion irradiation on the single-event effect performance of the TPS73801-SEP LDO regulator is summarized in this report. Heavy ions up to 43MeV-cm2 / mg were used to irradiate production devices in 17 experiments with fluences of 107 ions / cm2. The results show that the TPS73801-SEP is SEL and SEB free up to 43MeV-cm2/mg across the full electrical specification with upper bound cross section on the 10–7 cm2/device. SETs were characterized at VOUT = 2.5V and 12V; and at VIN = 5V and 15V, respectively. Exclusions greater than ±5% around the nominal voltages, were categorized as an upset. For the SET characterization, only seven upsets were observed on the 16 experiments (or runs) and were all at VOUT = 2.5V. The upper bound cross section for the SETs is on the order of 10–8 cm2 / device.