Title :
A fast and flexible thermal simulation tool validated on smart power devices
Author :
Desoete, B. ; Moens, P. ; Gillon, R. ; Driessens, E. ; Elattari, B. ; Van den Bosch, G. ; Groeseneken, G.
Author_Institution :
AMI Semicond. Belgium BVBA, Oudenaarde, Belgium
Abstract :
In this paper we present a thermal simulation tool based on analytical equations, which is able to calculate temperature distributions on a die as a function of time for any number of arbitrary power sources. The tool is much faster than dedicated numerical software and offers a large flexibility to circuit designers. The results have been found to agree well with results from commercial software. Moreover, pulsed DMOS measurements have been performed in order to validate the temperature predictions.
Keywords :
Green´s function methods; circuit simulation; power MOSFET; software tools; temperature distribution; analytical equations; arbitrary power sources; commercial software; numerical software; pulsed DMOS measurements; smart power devices; temperature distributions; temperature predictions; thermal simulation tool; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Flexible printed circuits; Integral equations; Mathematical model; Performance evaluation; Predictive models; Pulse measurements; Software tools; Temperature distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Power Semiconductor Devices and ICs, 2005. Proceedings. ISPSD '05. The 17th International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8890-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISPSD.2005.1487963
