• DocumentCode
    2356783
  • Title

    Thermal management of high performance microprocessors in burn-in environment

  • Author

    Vassighi, Arman ; Semenov, Oleg ; Sachdev, Manoj ; Keshavarzi, Ali

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    3-5 Nov. 2003
  • Firstpage
    313
  • Lastpage
    319
  • Abstract
    In deep sub-micron CMOS technologies, increased standby current in high performance processors results in increased junction temperature. This elevated temperature has a positive feedback on the standby current. If the temperature is not controlled, it may lead to thermal runaway. In this paper we investigate the thermal management of high performance chips in the burn-in environment.
  • Keywords
    CMOS integrated circuits; feedback; integrated circuit testing; leakage currents; microprocessor chips; thermal analysis; thermal stresses; CMOS; burn-in environment; burn-in ovens; high performance microprocessors; junction temperature estimation; junction temperature increase; junction to ambient thermal resistance; leakage current; standby current positive feedback; thermal management; thermal runaway; CMOS technology; Degradation; Environmental management; Leakage current; Microprocessors; Stress; Temperature; Thermal management; Thermal resistance; Threshold voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems, 2003. Proceedings. 18th IEEE International Symposium on
  • ISSN
    1550-5774
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2042-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DFTVS.2003.1250126
  • Filename
    1250126