Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management

This article reports design, fabrication and analysis of a novel under-transistor (under-FET) in-hole thermal sensor diode structure. Being able to accurately monitor self-heating of individual transistor in-operando, the under-FET temperature sensor enables smart full-chip run-time thermal manageme...

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Autores principales: Cheng Li, Qi Chen, Feilong Zhang, Mengfu Di, Zijin Pan, Fei Lu, Albert Wang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:63ecbbc27e664ef08261d3efa734b8892021-11-11T00:00:55ZUnder-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management2168-673410.1109/JEDS.2020.3022730https://doaj.org/article/63ecbbc27e664ef08261d3efa734b8892020-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9187944/https://doaj.org/toc/2168-6734This article reports design, fabrication and analysis of a novel under-transistor (under-FET) in-hole thermal sensor diode structure. Being able to accurately monitor self-heating of individual transistor in-operando, the under-FET temperature sensor enables smart full-chip run-time thermal management with spatial resolution down to single transistor level. The in-hole thermal sensors were fabricated in a CMOS process and validated in measurements. The new chip level thermal management technique was demonstrated using a prototype power amplifier (PA) IC designed in a foundry 40nm CMOS. It opens a door for self-learning based full-chip real-time intelligent thermal management for future ICs.Cheng LiQi ChenFeilong ZhangMengfu DiZijin PanFei LuAlbert WangIEEEarticleSelf-heatingthermal sensorin-hole diodethermal mappingthermal managementcontrol circuitElectrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineeringTK1-9971ENIEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, Vol 8, Pp 1242-1248 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Self-heating
thermal sensor
in-hole diode
thermal mapping
thermal management
control circuit
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TK1-9971
spellingShingle Self-heating
thermal sensor
in-hole diode
thermal mapping
thermal management
control circuit
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
TK1-9971
Cheng Li
Qi Chen
Feilong Zhang
Mengfu Di
Zijin Pan
Fei Lu
Albert Wang
Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management
description This article reports design, fabrication and analysis of a novel under-transistor (under-FET) in-hole thermal sensor diode structure. Being able to accurately monitor self-heating of individual transistor in-operando, the under-FET temperature sensor enables smart full-chip run-time thermal management with spatial resolution down to single transistor level. The in-hole thermal sensors were fabricated in a CMOS process and validated in measurements. The new chip level thermal management technique was demonstrated using a prototype power amplifier (PA) IC designed in a foundry 40nm CMOS. It opens a door for self-learning based full-chip real-time intelligent thermal management for future ICs.
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author Cheng Li
Qi Chen
Feilong Zhang
Mengfu Di
Zijin Pan
Fei Lu
Albert Wang
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Qi Chen
Feilong Zhang
Mengfu Di
Zijin Pan
Fei Lu
Albert Wang
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title Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management
title_short Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management
title_full Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management
title_fullStr Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management
title_full_unstemmed Under-FET Thermal Sensor Enabling Smart Full-Chip Run-Time Thermal Management
title_sort under-fet thermal sensor enabling smart full-chip run-time thermal management
publisher IEEE
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/63ecbbc27e664ef08261d3efa734b889
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