V. Szekely et al., A THERMAL BENCHMARK CHIP - DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS, IEEE transactions on components, packaging, and manufacturing technology. Part A, 21(3), 1998, pp. 399-405
A 1.2-mu m complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) thermal benc
hmark chip has been designed, fabricated and tested. The chip is suita
ble to support various steady-state and transient measurements, e.g.,
heating and cooling curves, in-chip thermal couplings, It facilitates
the calibration of various chip temperature mapping equipment, Besides
the description of the chip design experimental results are presented
in order to demonstrate the wide usability of this measurement suppor
ting tool.