This paper presents the electrothermal simulation of integrated thin film resistors. Both the thermal and electrical problem is tackled by a semi-analytical method, without the need of generating an equivalent distributed network. As the electrical conductivity is temperature dependent, self-heating of the resistor will alterate the current distribution, leading to a non-uniform power dissipati...

In this paper, we have proposed a novel FinFET with extended body under the poly gate, which is called EB-FinFET, and its characteristic is demonstrated by using three-dimensional (3-D) numerical simulation. We have analyzed and compared it with conventional FinFET. The extended body height dependence on the drain induced barrier lowering (DIBL) and subthreshold swing (S.S) have been also inves...

This study uses the Joule heating effect-generated temperature difference to monitor in real-time and localize both compressive and tensile strains for the polymer substrates used in the roll-to-roll process. A serpentine gold (Au) line was patterned on a polyethylenenaphthalate (PEN) substrate to form the strain sensor based on thermoresistive behavior. This strain sensor was then subjected to...

Five female and five male subjects with no known cardiovascular abnormalities nor any neuromuscular disorders were examined during exercise on a cycle ergometer or a 30 min immersion in warm water with and without exercise to determine the effects of immersion on cardiac output, heart rate, blood pressure, forearm blood flow, muscle blood flow, skin blood flow and muscle relaxation. Muscle rela...

Self-heating of metal oxide nanowires when a measuring current flows through them allows simultaneously heating the metal oxide, which is required for correct gas sensing operation, and measuring the nanowire resistance change, which is achieved from the ratio between the voltage drop at its edges and the current injected by the source measurement unit. In this way a drastic reduction of the po...

A crucial ingredient of any hyperthermia procedure is the accurate measurement of achieved temperature. In this paper, we present some accuracy and resolution suggestions and address the problem of temperature measurements when elec tromagnetic energy is used as the mode of heating. In such cases, conventional metallic thermometers can cause severe errors due to reradiated fields, high internal...

The thermal performance of microelectromechanical systems devices is governed by the structure and composition of the constituent materials as well as the geometrical design. With the continued reduction in the characteristic sizes of these devices, experimental determination of the thermal properties becomes more difficult. In this study, the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline silicon (po...

Fast Waves (FWs) at 60 MHz and 90 MHz are used in DIII-D for central electron heating and current drive. Coupling of FWs to high-performance discharges is limited by low antenna loading in these regimes. To extend the application of high-power FWs to such regimes, methods of increasing the antenna loading in these regimes are needed. A systematic study of loading enhancement techniques has been...

Seven freshwater turtles Trachemys scripta were instrumented with flow probes and cannulated for blood pressure measurements. The turtles were warmed from 24 to 34 degrees C, and cooled down to 24 degrees C, with and without atropine. Animals exhibited a hysteresis of heart rate and blood flow to both the pulmonary and systemic circulations, which was not cholinergically mediated. Blood pressur...

Because of the interaction between self-heating and hot carriers effects, neither isothermal nor conventional macrothermal models are adequate for the simulation of state-of-the-art power devices; instead, a detailed electro-thermal model accounting for nonstationary transport, such as the Thermal-Fully Hydrodynamic (T-FH) model, is required. We apply a one-dimensional (1-D) implementation of s...