International Workshop on Thermal Investigations of ICs and Systems · 2009 · 11 citations · 3 references
EngineeringComputer EngineeringElectrical EngineeringHeat TransferSimulation-based DesignThermal AnalysisDesign SimulationDevice SimulationHeat Transfer ModelingSystem SimulationThermal DesignThermal SimulationElectro-thermal CouplingElectro-thermal ModelingElectronic Thermal DesignElectrothermal SimulationThermal Circuit ModelingThermal Device SimulationThermal Effects In Integrated Circuits
New electro-thermal simulation subsystem was introduced into Mentor Graphics IC Design flow. The subsystem incorporates IC thermal simulation tool “Overheat”, dispatcher “ETh SimCoupler” as the simulation manager and layout converter “ETh Model Generator”. Application example of power voltage regulator IC simulation is described. A good agreement between simulated and IR-camera measured temperature pictures is achieved.
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