FEAT - A Simulation Tool for Electrothermal Analysis of Multifinger Bipolar Transistors

In this paper, we present a new simulation tool, which can be effectively adopted for the electrothermal analysis of multifinger bipolar transistors. The program is based on an optimized procedure for solving the nonlinear system of equations governing the electrothermal device behavior. Features like model accuracy, short computation time, flexibility, and user friendliness make the proposed software a good candidate for optimizing both reliability and performance of modern transistors with complex layouts