Hi-Rel RF

Renesas Hi-Rel RF products deliver optimized support for modern communications payloads in harsh environments. These radiation-tolerant (rad-tolerant) and radiation-hardened (rad-hard) products provide industry-leading RF performance—with low power consumption and small solution size. Our rad-tolerant and rad-hard plastic packaging flows leverage over 50 years of experience developing products for spaceflight and extreme environments.

Manufacturing & Test Information

Renesas has an unparalleled track record of providing highly reliable, efficient, and accurate space-grade products for a wide range of applications, including satellite communications and space flight systems.

Total ionizing dose (TID) response is a key issue for semiconductors in space applications. We address this by performing radiation lot acceptance testing (RLAT) on all space-grade products. For rad-hard products, we perform low dose rate and/or high dose rate RLAT on a wafer-by-wafer basis. For rad-tolerant products, we perform low dose rate RLAT on a per-wafer-lot basis. We design our space products to handle heavy ion interactions with minimal disruption to operation while mitigating single event effects (SEE)—including single event transients (SET), upsets (SEU), and destructive events like burnout and latch-up (SEB/L).

Our rad-hard hermetic and plastic products follow MIL-PRF-38535/QML qualified production flows and are 100% burned-in to ensure the highest reliability. We use an automotive-like production flow to produce rad-tolerant space plastic products, delivering robust, cost-sensitive solutions for new space applications. By leveraging the latest technology, our QML Class V, QML Class P, QML Class Q, and radiation-tolerant space plastic products are revolutionizing the Hi-Rel and space marketplaces.