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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"device models"”.
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Modeling and simulation of full-component integrated circuits in transient ESD events
… be represented by a circuit netlist composed of device models that are valid under the ESD conditions. Models of the nonlinear devices that make up the ESD protection network of the IC must have transient I-V responses calibrated against measurements that emulate ESD events. Interconnects, power …
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Modeling photonic links in Verilog-A
… requires simulation of integrated photonic devices side-by-side with electronic devices at the device, circuit, and system level. In previous efforts to simulate photonic links, the optical and the electrical signals were treated in separate simulators, which resulted in some loss of …
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Modeling, Simulation and Design of EOS/ESD Protection Devices and Circuits in Silicon-on-Insulator Technology
… The simulator, SOI-iETSIM, has built-in device models for completely coupled electrothermal simulation of SOI protection devices operating in the high current regime. The implementation of thermal models in a circuit level simulator for SOI circuits is discussed. Modeling the floating …
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Silicon Germanium BiCMOS Comparator Designed for Use in An Extreme Environment Analog to Digital Converter
… would work at low temperatures, several new device models were created that could be used for simulations at -196°C. In addition to its properties as a standalone comparator, the circuit was also used as a building block in a SAR ADC that would be used for extreme environments.</p>
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Inverter Dynamic Electro-Thermal Simulation with Experimental Verification
… transistor (IGBT) and diode electro-thermal models. A thermal network methodology that includes thermal coupling between devices is applied to a six-pack module package containing multiple IGBT and diode chips. The electro-thermal device models and six-pack module thermal model are used to …
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Characterization and modeling of silicon and silicon carbide power devices
Power devices play key roles in the power electronics applications. In order for the power electronics designers to fully utilize the performance advantages of power devices, compact power device models are needed in the circuit simulator (Saber, P-spice, etc.). Therefore, it is very important to …
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Automatic generation of an LC voltage controlled oscillator
… projects which may require different foundry device models and supply voltages.
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A compact transport and charge model for GaN-based high electron mobility transistors for RF applications
… applications. For circuit design with current devices and to allow sensible future performance projections from device engineering in such a rapidly evolving technology, compact device models are essential. In this thesis, a physics-based compact model is developed for short channel GaN HEMTs. …
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TCAD-Informed Surrogate Models of Semiconductor Devices
… conducted over the last half-century to develop models of semiconductor devices for use in circuit analysis and simulation. Such models typically fall into one of two categories: “Cheap” analytical models that can be solved quickly but introduce significant error, and “expensive” physics-based …
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Communicating expertise in system operation and fault diagnosis to non-experts
… furthering the understanding of expert mental models. It has been suggested that conceptions of abstract models of system-functions distinguish expert performance from non-expert performance (Hanisch, Kramer, and Hulin, 1991). This study examined the effects on performance of augmenting a …
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Methods for Parameter Estimation with Devices in Microgrids
… one must assign parameter values to the device models, and these parameter values may not be easily known for any number of reasons: lack of manufacturing data, inaccessibility to directly measure or infer such parameters, or safety concerns. Using non-invasive measurements, this work …
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Characterization and Modeling of 4H-SiC Low Voltage MOSFETs and Power MOSFETs
… on SiC has profound applications. SiC power devices have proved their superiority in terms of high temperature operation, faster switching frequencies and larger power densities when compared with Si power devices. The control of SiC power devices however, lies in the hands of low voltage …
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Organic lateral heterojunction devices for vapor-phase chemical detection
… On the battlefields, improvised explosive devices (IEDs) have resulted in 54% of all coalition deaths in Iraq and 59% in Afghanistan. The U.S. military has responded with an intensive program of technology development, spending $12.4 billion over the past three years on counter-IED …
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Optical receiver techniques for integrated photonic links
… communication system based on circuit and device models, and perform a system-level optimization to find the optimal operating point for each of the components. This operating point sets the specification for the receiver circuits developed. An equivalent model of the receiver is used to …
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An object-oriented distribution system distributed quasi-dynamic state estimator
… object-oriented physically based high-fidelity device modeling approach is adopted. Given measurements and device models from a selected section, a network-level measurement model is created. The network-level measurement model is augmented with derived, pseudo, and virtual measurements to …
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Compact modelling in RF CMOS technology
… (RF) applications. The focus of the thesis is on device compact modelling methodologies in RF CMOS. Compact models oriented to integrated circuit (ICs) computer automatic design (CAD) are the key component of a process design kit (PDK) and the bridge between design houses and foundries. In this …
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A model-based alarm processor for the assessment of protection systems performance
… provision of dynamically configurable protection device models for reuse on a multitude of different network connections and the modification of the GDE (General Diagnostic Engine) to identify the occurrence of missing alarms, previously not having been applied to data of this form. The approach …
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Vertical transport evacuation modelling
… often heavily rely on vertical transport devices (e.g. escalators, lifts, etc) to travel vertically between levels. Typically such devices provide a faster and more comfortable means to travel than the equivalent stairs. Such devices also provide an additional means for occupant egress. …
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Cryogenic characteristics of IGBTs
… are now starting to emerge for superconducting devices in the areas of electrical power conversion and management, for example superconducting windings for marine propulsion motors, superconducting fault current limiters and superconducting magnet energy storage (SMES). Many of these …
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Detection, diagnosis and modeling of ESD-induced soft failures - a gate-level and mixed-signal approach
… case studies of injecting ESDs into physical devices and observing the application level symptoms of the failures, and then performing simulation-based ESD injections on a well-known instruction-set-architecture. For the first time, we correlated the physical level ESD event to high-level …
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