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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2005
Robert Christopher Baumann, Dallas, TX (US);
Robert Christopher Baumann, Dallas, TX (US);
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention pertains to radiation sources that mimic radiation environment(s) encountered by packaged semiconductor devices. The sources are suitable for use in test systems operative to test for soft error and/or failure rates in devices sensitive to such radiation. The radiation is highly active to exacerbate soft error rates and thereby accelerate testing and reduce test times. The sources are also relatively uniformly distributed within a medium to simulate the direction(s) and energy spectra of radiation that would actually be encountered by semiconductor devices in device operation.