Thermal Resistance Characterization for Multifinger SOI-MOSFETs

Identifier:  imarina:6178105

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina6178105

Authors:  Gonzalez, Benito; Rodriguez, Raul; Lazaro, Antonio

Abstract:
Thermal conductance in multifinger silicon-on-insulator (SOI) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) is usually modeled at room temperature with a linear dependence on the total gate width, which is valid only when thermal coupling saturates. This paper presents a physically based model for calculating the thermal resistance of SOI-MOSFETs that accounts for progressive thermal coupling as the number of fingers increases and the substrate temperature. The model, extracted from a variety of gate geometries using the ac conductance method, correctly predicts the temperature rise in the device channel up to a substrate temperature of 150 degrees C. Finally, this simple thermal resistance model, which is applicable to nanometer-scale transistors, can easily be added to circuit simulators.