ASTM E1854-13
Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts

Standard No.

ASTM E1854-13

Release Date

2013

Published By

American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

Status

Be replaced

Replace By

ASTM E1854-19

Latest

ASTM E1854-19

Scope

4.1 This practice was written primarily to guide test participants in establishing, identifying, maintaining, and using suitable environments for conducting high quality neutron tests. Its development was motivated, in large measure, because inadequate controls in the neutron-effects-test process have in some past instances resulted in exposures that have differed by factors of three or more from irradiation specifications. A radiation test environment generally differs from the environment in which the electronics must operate (the operational environment); therefore, a high quality test requires not only the use of a suitable radiation environment, but also control and compensation for contributions to damage that differ from those in the operational environment. In general, the responsibility for identifying suitable test environments to accomplish test objectives lies with the sponsor/user/tester and test specialist part of the team, with the assistance of an independent validator, if available. The responsibility for the establishment and maintenance of suitable environments lies with the facility operator/dosimetrist and test specialist, again with the possible assistance of an independent validator. Additional guidance on the selection of an irradiation facility is provided in Practice F1190.

4.2 This practice identifies the tasks that must be accomplished to ensure a successful high quality test. It is the overall responsibility of the sponsor or user to ensure that all of the required tasks are complete and conditions are met. Other participants provide appropriate documentation to enable the sponsor or user to make that determination.

4.3 The principal determinants of a properly conducted test are: (1) the radiation test environment shall be well characterized, controlled, and correlated with the specified irradiation levels; (2) damage produced in the electronic materials and devices is caused by the desired, specified component of the environment and can be reproduced at any other suitable facility; and (3) the damage corresponding to the specification level derived from radiation environments in which the electronics must operate can be predicted from the damage produced by the test environment. In order to ensure that these requirements are met, system developers, procurers, users, facility operators, and test personnel must collectively meet all of the essential requirements and effectively communicate to each other the tasks that must be accomplished and the conditions that must be met. Criteria for determining and maintaining the suitability of neutron radiation environments for 1-MeV equivalent displacement damage testing of electronics parts are presented in Section 5. Mandatory requirements for test consistency in neutron displacement damage testing of electronic parts are presented in Section 5. Additional background material on neutron testing and important considerations for gamma dose and dose rate effects are presented in (non-mandatory) Appendix X1 and Appendix X2, but compliance is not required.

ASTM E1854-13 Referenced Document

• ASTM E1018 Standard Guide for Application of ASTM Evaluated Cross Section Data File, Matrix E 706 (IIB)
• ASTM E1249 Standard Practice for Minimizing Dosimetry Errors in Radiation Hardness Testing of Silicon Electronic Devices Using Co-60 Sources
• ASTM E1250 Standard Test Method for Application of Ionization Chambers to Assess the Low Energy Gamma Component of Cobalt-60 Irradiators Used in Radiation-Hardness Testing of Silicon Electronic Devices
• ASTM E1297 Standard Test Method for Measuring Fast-Neutron Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Niobium
• ASTM E170 Standard Terminology Relating to Radiation Measurements and Dosimetry
• ASTM E181 Standard Test Methods for Detector Calibration and Analysis of Radionuclides
• ASTM E1855 Standard Test Method for Use of 2N2222A Silicon Bipolar Transistors as Neutron Spectrum Sensors and Displacement Damage Monitors
• ASTM E2005 Standard Guide for Benchmark Testing of Reactor Dosimetry in Standard and Reference Neutron Fields
• ASTM E2450 Standard Practice for Application of CaF2(Mn) Thermoluminescence Dosimeters in Mixed Neutron-Photon Environments
• ASTM E261 Standard Practice for Determining Neutron Fluence, Fluence Rate, and Spectra by Radioactivation Techniques
• ASTM E262 Standard Method for Determining Thermal Neutron Reaction and Fluence Rates by Radioactivation Techniques
• ASTM E263 Standard Test Method for Measuring Fast-Neutron Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Iron
• ASTM E264 Standard Test Method for Measuring Fast-Neutron Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Nickel
• ASTM E265 Standard Test Method for Measuring Reaction Rates and Fast-Neutron Fluences by Radioactivation of Sulfur-32
• ASTM E393 Standard Test Method for Measuring Reaction Rates by Analysis of Barium-140 From Fission Dosimeters
• ASTM E481 Standard Test Method for Measuring Neutron Fluence Rate by Radioactivation of Cobalt and Silver
• ASTM E482 Standard Guide for Application of Neutron Transport Methods for Reactor Vessel Surveillance, E706 (IID)
• ASTM E496 Standard Test Method for Measuring Neutron Fluence Rate and Average Energy From Neutron Generators by Radioactivation Techniques
• ASTM E523 Standard Test Method for Measuring Fast-Neutron Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Copper
• ASTM E526 Standard Test Method for Measuring Fast-Neutron Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Titanium
• ASTM E666 Standard Practice for Calculating Absorbed Dose From Gamma or X Radiation
• ASTM E668 Standard Practice for Application of Thermoluminescence-Dosimetry (TLD) Systems for Determining Absorbed Dose in Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronic Devices
• ASTM E704 Standard Test Method for Measuring Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Uranium-238
• ASTM E705 Standard Test Method for Measuring Reaction Rates by Radioactivation of Neptunium-237
• ASTM E720 Standard Guide for Selection and Use of Neutron-Activation Foils for Determining Neutron Spectra Employed in Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronics
• ASTM E721 Standard Guide for Determining Neutron Energy Spectra from Neutron Sensors for Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronics
• ASTM E722 Standard Practice for Characterizing Neutron Energy Fluence Spectra in Terms of an Equivalent Monoenergetic Neutron Fluence for Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronics
• ASTM E798 Standard Practice for Conducting Irradiations at Accelerator-Based Neutron Sources
• ASTM E844 Standard Guide for Sensor Set Design and Irradiation for Reactor Surveillance, E 706(IIC)
• ASTM E944 Standard Guide for Application of Neutron Spectrum Adjustment Methods in Reactor Surveillance, (IIA)
• ASTM F1190 Standard Guide for Neutron Irradiation of Unbiased Electronic Components
• ASTM F980 Guide for The Measurement of Rapid Annealing of Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage in Silicon Semiconductor Devices

ASTM E1854-13 history

• 2019 ASTM E1854-19 Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts
• 2013 ASTM E1854-13 Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts
• 2007 ASTM E1854-07 Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts
• 2005 ASTM E1854-05 Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts
• 2003 ASTM E1854-03 Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts
• 1996 ASTM E1854-96 Standard Practice for Ensuring Test Consistency in Neutron-Induced Displacement Damage of Electronic Parts