Title :
FEAT - A Simulation Tool for Electrothermal Analysis of Multifinger Bipolar Transistors
Author :
La Spina, L. ; Nenadovic, N. ; d´Alessandro, Vincenzo ; Nanver, L.K. ; Rinaldi, N.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of ECTM, Delft Univ. of Technol.
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a new simulation tool, which can be effectively adopted for the electrothermal analysis of multifinger bipolar transistors. The program is based on an optimized procedure for solving the nonlinear system of equations governing the electrothermal device behavior. Features like model accuracy, short computation time, flexibility, and user friendliness make the proposed software a good candidate for optimizing both reliability and performance of modern transistors with complex layouts
Keywords :
bipolar transistors; electronic engineering computing; nonlinear equations; electrothermal device behavior; electrothermal simulation tool; fast electrothermal analysis; multifinger bipolar transistor; nonlinear equation system; Analytical models; Bipolar transistors; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Electrothermal effects; Fingers; Nonlinear equations; Nonlinear systems; Temperature dependence; Voltage; Bipolar transistor; electrothermal effects; electrothermal simulation tools; reliability; thermal design;
Conference_Titel :
Computer as a Tool, 2005. EUROCON 2005.The International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Belgrade
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0049-X
DOI :
10.1109/EURCON.2005.1630075
