THERMODEL: a tool for compact dynamic thermal model generation

THERMODEL is a software tool which generates compact thermal models to describe the heat conduction of three-dimensional physical structures, from either the time-domain or the frequency-domain response of the given structure. The generated compact model consists of a single (or twin) RC ladder of 8-12 stages. Both the one-port and the transfer thermal behavior can be modeled. These compact models can be useful in circuit-level simulators (like SPICE or ELDO) where thermal effects have to be considered in the model or in the electro-thermal integrated circuit chip simulators where all the relevant thermal couplings of the chip can be modeled in this way. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.