Theoretical investigation of thermal feedback effects in low-power circuits

M. Kuuse (1) , M. Loikkanen (2) , Gy. Bognar (3)

1 NSE
2 Department of Electrical and Information Engineering
3 Department of Electron Devices

The paper presents electro-thermal simulation methodology and its application to a simple LDO regulator circuit. Presented simulation results show that thermal feedback can affect, not only high power circuits, but also relatively low power high resolution circuits such as LDO regulators or A/D converters. Potential benefits of electro-thermal simulator (SISSI) are shown by applying thermal feedback to improve low frequency figures of merits of a simple LDO regulator.

Mots clés: Electro-thermal simulation thermal feedback temeperature aware design LDO regulators

Domaines: Architectures Matérielles [cs.AR]

M. Kuuse, M. Loikkanen, Gy. Bognar. Theoretical investigation of thermal feedback effects in low-power circuits. THERMINIC 2005, Sep 2005, Belgirate, Lago Maggiore, Italy. pp.55-58. ⟨hal-00189453⟩