Compact, netlist-based representation of thermal transient coupling using controlled sources

Author

Walkey, David J. ; Smy, T.J. ; Celo, D. ; MacElwee, T.W. ; Maliepaard, M.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

23

Issue

11

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1593

Lastpage

1596

Abstract

A compact, efficient electrical dual-circuit topology for the representation of transient thermal coupling is presented. Based on controlled sources, the method allows an arbitrary level of complexity to be used for each self and coupled response. Two possible variations on the circuit form, and the resulting requirements for model extraction, are developed. The method is applied to the modeling of transient thermal self-heating and coupling data for a pair of thermal sources representative of integrated device structures in semi-infinite homogeneous as well as trench-isolated substrates.

Keywords

circuit simulation; network topology; thermal conductivity; transient analysis; controlled sources; coupling data; electrical dual-circuit topology; integrated device structures; model extraction; netlist-based representation; thermal model; thermal sources; thermal transient coupling; transient thermal self-heating; trench-isolated substrates; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit topology; Complex networks; Coupling circuits; Data mining; Electrothermal effects; Network synthesis; Numerical simulation; Thermal conductivity; 65; Compact model; thermal model; thermal transient;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCAD.2004.836722

Filename

1350886