This paper shows a practical approach to GaN-based HEMT self-consistent electro-thermal simulation for circuit modeling and reliability estimation. A physical-level lumped element dynamic thermal network able to describe the 2-D device geometry is self-consistently coupled with a novel electro-thermal compact large-signal model. The results obtained with the lumped-element thermal network are compared with finite-element simulations and shown to provide valuable estimates of the thermal behavior of very large 2-D structures. Measured results taken at ambient temperatures between 200 and 400 K are shown to be well described by the model.

Hybrid large-signal/lumped-element electro-thermal modeling of GaN-HEMTs / F., Bertoluzza; Sozzi, Giovanna; Delmonte, Nicola; Menozzi, Roberto. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES. - ISSN 0018-9480. - 57:(2009), pp. 3163-3170. [10.1109/TMTT.2009.2033241]

Hybrid large-signal/lumped-element electro-thermal modeling of GaN-HEMTs

SOZZI, Giovanna;DELMONTE, Nicola;MENOZZI, Roberto
2009-01-01

Abstract

This paper shows a practical approach to GaN-based HEMT self-consistent electro-thermal simulation for circuit modeling and reliability estimation. A physical-level lumped element dynamic thermal network able to describe the 2-D device geometry is self-consistently coupled with a novel electro-thermal compact large-signal model. The results obtained with the lumped-element thermal network are compared with finite-element simulations and shown to provide valuable estimates of the thermal behavior of very large 2-D structures. Measured results taken at ambient temperatures between 200 and 400 K are shown to be well described by the model.
2009
Hybrid large-signal/lumped-element electro-thermal modeling of GaN-HEMTs / F., Bertoluzza; Sozzi, Giovanna; Delmonte, Nicola; Menozzi, Roberto. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES. - ISSN 0018-9480. - 57:(2009), pp. 3163-3170. [10.1109/TMTT.2009.2033241]
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