Title :
A fully-integrated CAD infrastructure for the design, optimization and virtual manufacturing of discrete and integrable power semiconductor devices and circuits
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents a virtual wafer fabrication infrastructure suitable for power semiconductor development and manufacturing. In the framework, advanced 2D-process and device simulators are interfaced. Mixed-mode circuit simulation is used in which semiconductor device carrier dynamics are optimized in an actual circuit application environment. The results of the circuit simulation are used to develop an optimum device for a given application by carefully trading the process, device, and circuit performance and reliability parameters. The use of this approach is illustrated using the design and optimization of IGBTs in resonant power converter applications
Keywords :
bipolar transistor switches; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; circuit optimisation; digital simulation; insulated gate bipolar transistors; integrated circuit modelling; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; power bipolar transistors; power engineering computing; power integrated circuits; power semiconductor switches; resonant power convertors; semiconductor device models; switching circuits; 2D-process simulators; CAD; IGBTs; applications; circuit design optimisation; development; manufacturing; mixed-mode circuit simulation; performance; power semiconductor devices; reliability; resonant power converter; semiconductor device carrier dynamics; virtual wafer fabrication infrastructure; Circuit optimization; Circuit simulation; Design automation; Design optimization; Fabrication; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Pulp manufacturing; Resonance; Semiconductor device manufacture; Semiconductor devices;
Conference_Titel :
Computers in Power Electronics, 1994., IEEE 4th Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Trois-Rivieres, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2091-3
DOI :
10.1109/CIPE.1994.396742
