thermalshunt

2-port MMIC die with variable base temperature (for interface matching), and a single averaged surface heating element


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Author(s): Bill Batty, Carlos Christoffersen

Usage:

Parameter TypeDefault value Required?
ntimesteps: Number of time steps in transient simulation INTEGER 0 no
dt: Length of timestep (s) DOUBLE 0 no
tambient: Ambient temperature (K) DOUBLE 300 no
time_d: Flag, if true, calculate in the time domain. BOOLEAN false no
read_input: Flag, read_input thermal resistance matrices from file. BOOLEAN false no
l: Substrate x-dimension in meters. DOUBLE 0.0004 no
w: Substrate y-dimension in meters. DOUBLE 0.0004 no
d: Substrate z-dimension in meters. DOUBLE 0.0004 no
xl: x-coordinate of left edge of heating element. DOUBLE 0.00022 no
xr: x-coordinate of right edge of heating element. DOUBLE 0.00018 no
yu: y-coordinate of upper edge of heating element. DOUBLE 0.00022 no
yd: y-coordinate of lower edge of heating element. DOUBLE 0.00018 no
ks: Thermal conductivity of die material (W/m.K). DOUBLE 46 no
rho: Density of die material (kg.m-3). DOUBLE 5320 no
c: Specific heat of die material (J/kg.K). DOUBLE 350 no
nfingers: Number of power transistor fingers INTEGER 1 no
b: Exponent in power law temperature dependence of thermal conductivity DOUBLE 1.22 no

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