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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics (ICM), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-149-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICM.2010.5696199
