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Dose-rate effects of low-dropout voltage regulator at various biases

LOW ENERGY ACCELERATORS AND RADIATION APPLICATIONS

Dose-rate effects of low-dropout voltage regulator at various biases

WANG Yiyuan
LU Wu
REN Diyuan
ZHENG Yuzhan
GAO Bo
CHEN Rui
FEI Wuxiong
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.21, No.6pp.352-356Published in print 20 Dec 2010
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A low-dropout voltage regulator, LM2941, was irradiated by 60Co γ-rays at various dose rates and biases for investigating the total dose and dose rate effects. The radiation responses show that the key electrical parameters, including its output and dropout voltage, and the maximum output current, are sensitive to total dose and dose rates, and are significantly degraded at low dose rate and zero bias. The integrated circuits damage change with the dose rates and biases, and the dose-rate effects are relative to its electric field.

Dose rate effectsELDRSIonizing radiationLDO voltage regulator
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