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Investigating packaging effects on bandgap references

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Palakodety, Ravi (Ravi Kiran)
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Tick Houk and Charles Sodini.
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This thesis investigates packaging effects on precision bandgap voltage references used in LTC switching regulators. Packaging stress causes a mean offset and room temperature distribution widening of the bandgap reference output voltage, as well as inconsistent temperature characteristics. Bandgap references with and without a proprietary stress-relief mechanism were compared to determine the impact of packaging stress on reference performance. References without stress-relief showed a mean offset of -2.3mV and spread of 10mV, while references with stress-relief showed a mean offset of -2.0mV and spread of 3.6mV. References with stress relief exhibited more consistent temperature coefficients than references without stress relief. A test chip was fabricated to allow measurement of VBE and AVBE within the bandgap reference. Parts with stress-relief showed tighter VBE and AVBE distributions, as well as more favorable temperature characteristics. The experiments in this thesis show that stress-relief is effective at improving bandgap reference performance.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2007.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-96).
 
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2007
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41665
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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