• DocumentCode
    3417503
  • Title

    Power PiN diode model for PSPICE simulations

  • Author

    Buiatti, Gustavo Malagoni ; Cappelluti, Federica ; Ghione, Giovanni

  • Author_Institution
    Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Turin
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-10 March 2005
  • Firstpage
    1911
  • Abstract
    An accurate physics based model for power PiN diodes is derived and implemented as a subcircuit into the PSPICE circuit simulator. The model is based on an equivalent circuit representation of the base region, obtained by solving the ambipolar diffusion equation with the finite difference method. Good agreement is obtained by comparing the results of the proposed PiN diode model with experimental and simulated results taken from the literature
  • Keywords
    SPICE; equivalent circuits; finite difference methods; p-i-n diodes; power engineering computing; power semiconductor diodes; PSPICE circuit simulation; ambipolar diffusion equation; equivalent circuit representation; finite difference method; power PiN diode model; Boundary conditions; Circuit simulation; Difference equations; Diodes; Equivalent circuits; Finite difference methods; Numerical models; Predictive models; SPICE; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition, 2005. APEC 2005. Twentieth Annual IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Austin, TX
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8975-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APEC.2005.1453314
  • Filename
    1453314