Compound semiconductor power RF and microwave device modeling requires, in many cases, the use of selfconsistent electrothermal equivalent circuits. The slow thermal dynamics and the thermal nonlinearity should be accurately included in the model; otherwise, some response features subtly related to the detailed frequency behavior of the slow thermal dynamics would be inaccurately reproduced or completely distorted. In this contribution we show two examples, concerning current collapse in HBTs and modeling of IMPs in GaN HEMTs. Accurate thermal modeling is proved to be be made compatible with circuit-oriented CAD tools through a proper choice of system-level approximations; in the discussion we exploit a Wiener approach, but of course the strategy should be tailored to the specific problem under consideration.

When self-consistency makes a difference / Bonani, Fabrizio; Camarchia, Vittorio; Cappelluti, Federica; DONATI GUERRIERI, Simona; Ghione, Giovanni; Pirola, Marco. - In: IEEE MICROWAVE MAGAZINE. - ISSN 1527-3342. - 9 issue 5:(2008), pp. 81-89. [10.1109/MMM.2008.927638]

When self-consistency makes a difference

BONANI, Fabrizio;CAMARCHIA, VITTORIO;CAPPELLUTI, Federica;DONATI GUERRIERI, Simona;GHIONE, GIOVANNI;PIROLA, Marco
2008

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Compound semiconductor power RF and microwave device modeling requires, in many cases, the use of selfconsistent electrothermal equivalent circuits. The slow thermal dynamics and the thermal nonlinearity should be accurately included in the model; otherwise, some response features subtly related to the detailed frequency behavior of the slow thermal dynamics would be inaccurately reproduced or completely distorted. In this contribution we show two examples, concerning current collapse in HBTs and modeling of IMPs in GaN HEMTs. Accurate thermal modeling is proved to be be made compatible with circuit-oriented CAD tools through a proper choice of system-level approximations; in the discussion we exploit a Wiener approach, but of course the strategy should be tailored to the specific problem under consideration.
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