• DocumentCode
    2256974
  • Title

    A modified PSPICE model for the power PIN diode

  • Author

    Shaker, Ahmed ; Zekry, Abelhalim

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. Phys. & Math., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    19-22 Dec. 2010
  • Firstpage
    499
  • Lastpage
    502
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present a modified approach for the modeling of power PIN diodes. The ambipolar diffusion equation (ADE) is solved numerically under various injection conditions instead of solving it under high-injection as usually encountered. The model is developed and implemented as a PSPICE subcircuit. To validate our model, comparisons between the results of the developed model with experiments are presented and very good agreement is observed.
  • Keywords
    SPICE; diffusion; p-i-n diodes; power semiconductor diodes; semiconductor device models; PSPICE subcircuit; ambipolar diffusion equation; high injection; injection conditions; modified PSPICE model; power PIN diodes; Ambipolar Diffusion Equation (ADE); Device Simulation; Finite Difference Method (FDM); PSPICE;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microelectronics (ICM), 2010 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cairo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-149-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICM.2010.5696199
  • Filename
    5696199