TLV62130 short circuit damage

Hi,

I am testing out the TLV62130 to potentially be used in our new product.

However, every time a short-circuit is produced across the TLV62130 output (i.e. not the MCP1727), the TLV62130 is damaged (the failure mode is typically either a very low voltage (~250mV, when set to 5V) or erratic output waveform).

There are expected small sparks when short circuiting the output, but I wouldn't imagine this to be the cause of the damage.

We had planned to use the TLV62130 along with a MCP1727 LDO, so I included both here for completeness.

We currently are using a 6 ohm dummy load on the output.

Is there any way to prevent the short-circuit damage?

Much appreciated!!!

Justin