Modeling and FPGA Implementation of a Thermal Peak Detection Unit for Complex System Design

This paper, presents the modelization and the implementation of a thermal peak detection unit for complex system design. The modelization step starts with modeling the formula of the heat source using Simulink/Matlab tool, is the main objective of this work. Then the input temperature, the angles, the distance as well as certain frequencies, will be obtained from this formula using the GDS (gradient Direction Sensor) method based on RO (Ring Oscillator). Before the transition to the implementation in FPGA board, the use of VHDL code is necessary to describe the thermal peak detection unit, in order to verify and validate the whole module. This work offers a solution to thermally induced stress and local overheating of complex systems design which has been a major concern for the designers during the design of integrated circuit. In this paper a DE1 FPGA board cyclone V family 5CSEMA5F31C6 is used for the implementation. Keywords—Thermal peak; complex system design; MATLAB; GDS; RO; FPGA; DE1