GEMAT II: a computer aided design thyristor macromodel generator

Author

Regidor, J.C. ; Guzman, V.M. ; De Guzman, M. I Gimenez

Author_Institution

Dept. Electron. y Circuitos, Simon Bolivar Univ., Caracas, Venezuela

fYear

1998

fDate

2-4 Mar 1998

Firstpage

255

Lastpage

260

Abstract

The work required to customize a general device model to represent a particular device with the adequate precision level is long and time consuming. If a black-box device model, such as the GTO macromodel is used, only the externally observed device behavior, presented in the manufacturer´s data sheet is necessary; the calculations required are long, but they can be set up in a well defined, step by step nonrecursive process that can be automated, transferring the tedious task to a CAD program, such as the one presented in this work

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit simulation; semiconductor device models; thyristors; CAD program; GEMAT II; GTO macromodel; black-box device model; computer aided design; externally observed device behavior; nonrecursive process; power electronics; precision level; thyristor macromodel generator; Circuit simulation; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer graphics; Design automation; Manufacturing automation; Power electronics; SPICE; Thyristors; User interfaces; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Devices, Circuits and Systems, 1998. Proceedings of the 1998 Second IEEE International Caracas Conference on

Conference_Location

Isla de Margarita

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4434-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCDCS.1998.705844

Filename

705844