# Presentation: 856901

## The Effects of Extreme Ambient Temperature on Operation of Commercial-Off-the-Shelf Silicon-Germanium, Silicon-on-Insulator, and Mixed Signal Semiconductor Devices

**Richard L. Patterson**
- NASA Glenn Research Center
**Ahmad Hammoud**
- ASRC Aerospace Corporation
- NASA Glenn Research Center
- New Electronic Technologies and Insertion
- Into Flight Programs Workshop
- January 30 - February 1, 2007

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

| Distance from Sun | Spacecraft Temperature
(Sphere, Abs. = 1,  Emiss. = 1
Internal Power = 0) |
| --- | --- |
| Mercury | 448 K                 175 C |
| Venus | 328 K                   55 C |
| Earth | 279 K                     6 C |
| Mars | 226 K                  -47 C |
| Jupiter | 122 K                -151 C |
| Saturn | 90 K                 -183 C |
| Uranus | 64 K                 -209 C |
| Neptune | 51 K                 -222 C |
| ( Pluto ) | 44 K                 -229 C |

**NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics**

**Temperature Data for Planetary Missions**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

| Mercury | Slow Rotation
Minimum Temp | -180 oC |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mars | Windy & Dusty | -140 oC to +20 oC |
| Jupiter | Cloudtops | -140 oC |
|         Europa | Icy Surface | -188 oC to -143 oC |
| Saturn | Cloudtops
Mean Temp | -185 oC |
|         Titan | Surface Temp | -180 oC |
| Uranus | Cloudtops | -212 oC |
| Neptune | Mean Temp | -225 oC |
| Pluto | Mean Temp | -236 oC |

**Planet Temperature Data**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

- Earth’s Moon

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**NEPP Supported Task #07-0281**
**Requirements and Benefits of Low Temperature Electronics**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**SiGe Hetero-junction Bipolar Power Transistor, HBT (GPD HBT-16-25)**

**25 ********C**

**-195 ********C**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**SiGe Hetero-junction Bipolar Power Transistor, HBT (GPD HBT-16-25)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Effects of thermal cycling (12 Cycles; -195 ********C to +85 ********C)**
**SiGe Hetero-junction Bipolar Power Transistor, HBT (GPD HBT-16-25)**

**Pre-cycling at -195 ********C**

**Post-cycling at -195 ********C**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Oscillator Frequency vs Tuning Voltage of a SiGe**
**Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (MAXIM 2622 VCO**)

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**SiGe Hetero-junction Bipolar Power Transistor, HBT**
**(Northrop Grumman ET12F0001AM)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Pre-cycling**

**Post-cycling**

**SiGe Power Diode (GPD SG-21-41)**
**Effects of thermal cycling (12 Cycles; -195 ********C to +85 ********C)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**SiGe Radio Frequency Amplifier (Texas Instruments THS4302)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**SiGe Radio Frequency Amplifier (Maxim 2644)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Device functioned with temperature down to 35 K**
**Bias was adjusted to maximize gain at midband**
**Successful cold-restart at 35 K after 7 min. power off**

**Texas Instruments THS4302**

**MAXIM 2644 Evaluation Kit**

**Device functioned with temperature down to 60 K**
**Gain dropped off significantly below 60 K (Bias may need to be adjusted)**
**Successful cold-restart at 60 K after 7 min. power off**

**Results for Two SiGe Radio Frequency Amplifiers**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Test Setup for SiGe RF Amplifier Testing**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**+100 ********C**

**-195 ********C**

**20 ********C**

**Waveforms at Various**
**Temperatures of an**
**SOI 555 Timer**
**(Cissoid CHT-555)**
**f****trigger****= 25 kHz**

**Trigger**

**Threshold**

**Output**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**+100 ********C**

**-195 ********C**

**20 ********C**

**Output Waveforms of an**
**SOI Crystal Clock Generator**
**At Various Temperatures @ 1 MHz**
**(Honeywell HTCCG)**

**F****OUT**

**F****OUT/2**

**F****OUT/4**

**F****OUT/8**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Gain & Phase of an SOI Operational Amplifier**
**Analog Devices AD8065**
**Data taken after 10 cycles between -195 ********C & +90 ********C**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Output Voltage of an SOI CMOS Voltage Reference**
**Vs Temperature Under No-Load**
**(Cissoid CHT-BG-050) **

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Load Regulation of an SOI CMOS Voltage Reference**
**At Various Temperatures**
**(Cissoid CHT-BG-050) **

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**at 25 ********C**

**at -195 ********C**

**at +100 ********C**

**I****D**** vs V****DS**** Curves of an SOI**
**N-Channel Power FET at**
**Three Temperatures**
**(Honeywell HTNFET)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics

**Drain-Source Resistance (at I****D****=0.1A, V****GS****=4V) of an**
**SOI N-Channel Power FET vs Temperature**
**(Honeywell HTNFET)**

## NASA GRC Extreme Temperature Electronics