POWER/HVMOS Devices Compact Modeling
Semiconductor power electronics plays a dominant role due its increased efficiency and high reliability in various domains including the medium and high electrical drives, automotive and aircraft applications, electrical power conversion, etc. Power/HVMOS
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Wladyslaw Grabinski
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Thomas Gneiting
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Editors Dr. Wladyslaw Grabinski Ch.de la Dauphine 20 1291 Commugny Switzerland [email protected]
Dr. Thomas Gneiting AdMOS GmbH (Advanced Modeling Solutions) In den Gernaeckern 8 72636 Frickenhausen Germany [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-3045-0 e-ISBN 978-90-481-3046-7 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-3046-7 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009941861 c Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
The continuous progress in modern power device technology is increasingly supported by power-specific modeling methodologies and dedicated simulation tools. These enable the detailed analysis of operational principles on the the device and on the system level; in particular, they allow the designer to perform tradeoff studies by investigating the operation of competing design variants in a very early stage of the development process. Furthermore, using predictive computer simulation makes it possible to analyze the device and system behavior not only under regular operating conditions, but also at the rim of the safe-operating area and beyond of it, where destructive processes occur that limit the lifetime of a power system. Thus, virtual experimentation and virtual test by computer simulations have become an integral part of the design methodology for electronic power devices, modules, and entire components and systems in order to achieve cost-efficient and time-economizing development cycles. This is, in particular, relevant with a view to satisfying all requirements concerning robustness against harsh and exceptional operating conditions (“ruggedness”), long-term reliability, energy efficiency, and cost reduction by increasing integration of multiple functionality in one module. A successful strategy for “virtual prototyping” of power systems requires modeling methodologies on different levels of abstraction and computational expense. This monography addresses the most important aspects to be focussed on in seven chapters contributed by world-known experts in their field. In the first and fifth chapter state-of-the-art high-voltage device models on the continuous field level and their implementation in numerical simulation are discussed, with emphasis on the consistent treatment of electro-thermally coupled fields and coupled domains. This kind of physically-based modeling is the indispensable prerequisite for predictive “high-fidel
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