Novel method for modelling the local electro-thermal behaviour of discrete power diode using Verilog-A in a standard CAD environment

An original method of modelling power devices is presented in this article. This method consists in generating a 3D electrothermal netlist from the knowledge of the device layout. Each element of the produced netlist is described thanks to the Verilog-A language which allows to describe both electrical and thermal effects. Thanks to that method, the DC characteristics of Schottky power diodes can ...