Power semiconductor device modeling with Model Architect

Author

Mantooth, Homer Alan ; Skudlarek, Joseph P. ; Carlson, Jeff ; Cooper, Douglas K. ; Getreu, Ian E. ; Graham, Glenn ; Pothier, Steve ; Vedam, Rajkumar ; WOlff, Chris M.

Author_Institution

Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

3

Lastpage

9

Abstract

A new modeling environment for the creation, testing and validation of HDL-based models is presented. The environment is designed to support the generation of multiple hardware description languages including MAST, VHDL-AMS and Verilog-AMS. The software architecture and feature set of the environment is described. The main use model is illustrated through an IGBT model creation example

Keywords

hardware description languages; insulated gate bipolar transistors; semiconductor device models; software architecture; software packages; HDL-based models creation; HDL-based models testing; HDL-based models validation; IGBT model creation; MAST; Model Architect; VHDL-AMS; Verilog-AMS; feature set; modeling environment; multiple hardware description languages; power semiconductor device modeling; software architecture; Circuit simulation; Context modeling; Graphics; Hardware design languages; Power electronics; Power engineering and energy; Power semiconductor devices; Power system modeling; Robustness; Semiconductor device testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Power Electronics, 2000. COMPEL 2000. The 7th Workshop on

Conference_Location

Blacksburg, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6561-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIPE.2000.904683

Filename

904683