Temperature dependence simulation for diode I-V characteristics Using Medici

[kainlu]

Hi,

I am not sure how to perform the dependence of diode I-V on temperature in medici. Basically, what I would like to perform is to vary the temperature from 100k to 300k to see the effect of temperature on the I-V characteristics.

I went through the medici manual and it seems that I couldn't find a keyword where I can specify the global temperature. Does anyone have an idea how to do that?
Thanks very much in advance.

Regards,
Lu

 

[BradtheRad]

The diode equation calculates current versus voltage. It considers the temperature although not directly, but in the parameter for thermal voltage.

See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode

Excerpt:

"The thermal voltage VT is approximately 25.85 mV at 300 K, a temperature close to "room temperature" commonly used in device simulation software."