DocumentCode
452076
Title
MONSTR: A Complete Thermal Simulator of Electronic Systems
Author
Koval, Vladimir ; Farma, Igor W. ; Strojwas, Andrzej J. ; Director, Steven W.
Author_Institution
Lviv Polytechnic Institute, Lviv, Ukraine
fYear
1994
fDate
6-10 June 1994
Firstpage
570
Lastpage
575
Abstract
This paper presents a new approach to 3-dimensional thermal simulation of arbitrary electronic systems. This approach is based on the combination of numerical (finite elements and finite differences) and analytical (Fourier series) techniques which are very general and extremely efficient. Complex electronic systems (monolithic IC´s, multichip modules, including their packaging) can be analyzed in minutes on PC´s to produce a detailed temperature distributions within the system structure. The software system, MONSTR, has been developed and applied to several industrial examples. The results of this analysis are directly entered to the circuit simulator, HSPICE, as the actual temperature for each circuit element and thus an integrated electro-thermal simulation is performed.
Keywords
Analytical models; Computer industry; Electronic packaging thermal management; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Fourier series; Monolithic integrated circuits; Multichip modules; Software systems; Temperature distribution;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design Automation, 1994. 31st Conference on
ISSN
0738-100X
Print_ISBN
0-89791-653-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DAC.1994.204168
Filename
1600441
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