Download Spice model tutorial for Power MOSFETs

UM1575
Spice model versions
TN version
It includes the RC thermal network only, which represents the thermal model of the package.
Its symbol has two pins: Tj and Tcase.
Figure 1. Self-heating model (V3 version)
D
D
R1
TJ
Zth
G
Tcase
S
R2
TJ
Zth
G
Tamb
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Tcase
S
0
C1
C2
Tamb
25
0
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Note:
Tj is a monitoring node and it is not connected; Tcase is connected either by using a Vdc,
representing the ambient temperature (on the left-side), or by heat-sink thermal network (on
the right-side).
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