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Determine your IC’s transient thermal behavior to prevent overheating

This article presents a method for predicting thermal behavior in integrated circuits. After characterizing thermal behavior, we formulate a mathematical model that simulates transient temperatures ...
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Optimization of the Transient and Steady-State Behavior of Discrete Event Systems

We present a general framework for applying simulation to optimize the behavior of discrete event systems. Our approach involves modeling the discrete event system under study as a general state space ...
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Product how-to: HSPICE accurately analyzes gigabit circuits like DDR4 & USB3

Connecting an application processor to a DRAM chip through a 3200 Mbps LPDDR4 interface is not any easier than routing a 2600 MHz 4G LTE antenna. While RF front ends may enjoy ceramic packages and ...
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Transient Behavior of Regulated Brownian Motion, II: Non-Zero Initial Conditions

This paper continues an investigation of the time-dependent behavior of regulated or reflecting Brownian motion (RBM). Part I focused on RBM starting at the origin; Part II focuses on RBM starting at ...