Patent ID: 8539408
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for steady state and transient thermal simulation of a block-based structure or system comprising the acts of: selecting building blocks for a technology; performing a detailed numerical simulation of each selected block; constructing a reduced-order thermal model of each block using either one of the following techniques: storing thermal modes and model parameters of said constructed reduced-order thermal models for said selected building blocks in a library for said selected technology; constructing said reduced-order thermal model for said block-based structure from said generated thermal models for individual blocks in said library; wherein said acts perform a steady state and a transient thermal simulation of said structure; further wherein said thermal modes are basis functions of a function space; further wherein said thermal simulation is performed in said function space, where a temperature for each thermal mode in said function space is calculated; and further wherein said acts are performed using a computer.