ELECTROTHERMAL SIMULATION AND DESIGN OF INTEGRATED-CIRCUITS

被引:59
作者
VANPETEGEM, W [1 ]
GEERAERTS, B [1 ]
SANSEN, W [1 ]
GRAINDOURZE, B [1 ]
机构
[1] ALCATEL,MIETEC,B-1130 BRUSSELS,BELGIUM
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10.1109/4.272120
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An accurate prediction of the electrothermal behavior of power integrated devices is required to design circuits in an efficient way. An electrothermal simulator (ETS) is a combination of SPICE with finite element code, in a relaxation procedure. It simulates the full electrothermal behavior of integrated circuits. Static and dynamic simulations of typical examples, reveal the value of ETS for high-power applications. Some specific design rules are derived. They are simple formulas, which estimate the temperature (gradients) on chip. They can be used before any CPU-time consuming simulation takes place which allows a more efficient design and prototype phase.
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