Fast novel thermal analysis simulation tool for integrated circuits (FANTASTIC)

Author

Codecasa, L. ; D´Alessandro, V. ; Magnani, A. ; Rinaldi, N. ; Zampardi, P.J.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron., Inf. e Bioingegneria, Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This work describes a Fast novel thermal analysis simulation tool for integrated circuits (FANTASTIC), which is fully automated and relies on an enhanced version of the Multi-Point Moment Matching algorithm. The tool provides a novel equivalent network suitable for use in SPICE-like circuit simulators to perform efficient thermal and electrothermal analyses. FANTASTIC requires much less CPU time and memory storage compared to commercial simulators. The thermal behavior of a state-of-the-art four-finger GaAs HBT is investigated as a case-study.

Keywords

integrated circuit design; thermal analysis; thermal management (packaging); FANTASTIC; SPICE like circuit simulators; electrothermal analyses; equivalent network; fast novel thermal analysis simulation tool for integrated circuits; multipoint moment matching algorithm; Conferences; Finite element analysis; Heating; Integrated circuit modeling; SPICE; Temperature distribution; Thermal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems (THERMINIC), 2014 20th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

London

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/THERMINIC.2014.6972507

Filename

6972507