Measuring the thermal diffusivity of CMOS chips

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 45-48

  Kashmiri, S M ^a   Makinwa, K A A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS CHIPS; CMOS PROCESSS; ELECTROTHERMAL FILTER; FREQUENCY-LOCKED-LOOP; PHASE RESPONSE; SYSTEMS ON CHIPS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT; THERMAL SENSORS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; THERMAL DIFFUSION;

SENSORS;

EID: 77951094905     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398125     Document Type: Conference Paper

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