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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2014
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Hsinchu, TW;
Sa-Lly Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Szu-Lin Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Jaw-Juinn Horng, Hsinchu, TW;
Fu-Lung Hsueh, Kaohsiung, TW;
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A method comprises constructing thermal block representations of one or more circuit components or one or more sub-components of the one or more circuit components in an integrated circuit based, at least in part, on defined component parameters. The component parameters describe the one or more sub-components of the one or more circuit components. The thermal block representations have at least one simulation node. The method also comprises supplying a current using at least one current source or voltage controlled current source in a performance simulation. The current is supplied to a thermal path between a first simulation node and a second simulation node. The method further comprises determining a temperature distribution between the first simulation node and the second simulation node based on the current, a first determined voltage at the first simulation node, and a second determined voltage at the second simulation node.