MOSFET Models for VLSI Circuit Simulation: Theory and Practice (Computational Microelectronics) - Softcover

Arora, Narain D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3709192498 ISBN 13: 9783709192498

Publisher: Springer, 2012

Synopsis

Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) transistors are the basic building block ofMOS integrated circuits (I C). Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) circuits using MOS technology have emerged as the dominant technology in the semiconductor industry. Over the past decade, the complexity of MOS IC's has increased at an astonishing rate. This is realized mainly through the reduction of MOS transistor dimensions in addition to the improvements in processing. Today VLSI circuits with over 3 million transistors on a chip, with effective or electrical channel lengths of 0. 5 microns, are in volume production. Designing such complex chips is virtually impossible without simulation tools which help to predict circuit behavior before actual circuits are fabricated. However, the utility of simulators as a tool for the design and analysis of circuits depends on the adequacy of the device models used in the simulator. This problem is further aggravated by the technology trend towards smaller and smaller device dimensions which increases the complexity of the models. There is extensive literature available on modeling these short channel devices. However, there is a lot of confusion too. Often it is not clear what model to use and which model parameter values are important and how to determine them. After working over 15 years in the field of semiconductor device modeling, I have felt the need for a book which can fill the gap between the theory and the practice of MOS transistor modeling. This book is an attempt in that direction.

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Mosfet Models for VLSI Circuit Simulation The book has 12 chapters. Starting from the overview of various aspects of device modeling for circuit simulators, a brief but complete review of seminconductor device physics and pn junction theory required for understanding MOSFET models is covered. The MOS transistor characteristics as applied to current MOS technologies are then discussed. First, the theory of MOS capacitors that is essential for understanding of MOS transistor models are discussed. This is followed by different types of MOSFET models such as threshold voltage, DC (steady-state), AC, and reliability models and the corresponding model parameter determination. The diode and MOSFET models a...

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3709192498
• ISBN 13: 9783709192498
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 627