Compact Models for Integrated Circuit Design : : Conventional Transistors and Beyond.
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Place / Publishing House: | Milton : : Taylor & Francis Group,, 2015. Ã2016. |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Author
- 1: Introduction to Compact Models
- 1.1 Compact Models for Circuit Simulation
- 1.1.1 Compact Device Models
- 1.1.2 Compact Interconnect Models
- 1.2 Brief History of Compact Device Modeling
- 1.2.1 Early History of Compact MOSFET Modeling
- 1.2.2 Recent History of Compact MOSFET Modeling
- 1.2.2.1 Threshold Voltage-Based Compact MOSFET Modeling
- 1.2.2.2 Surface Potential-Based Compact MOSFET Modeling
- 1.2.2.3 Charge-Based Compact MOSFET Modeling
- 1.3 Motivation for Compact Modeling
- 1.4 Compact Model Usage
- 1.5 Compact Model Standardization
- 1.6 Summary
- Exercises
- 2: Review of Basic Device Physics
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Semiconductor Physics
- 2.2.1 Energy Band Model
- 2.2.2 Carrier Statistics
- 2.2.3 Intrinsic Semiconductors
- 2.2.3.1 Intrinsic Carrier Concentration
- 2.2.3.2 Effective Mass of Electrons and Holes
- 2.2.4 Extrinsic Semiconductors
- 2.2.4.1 Fermi Level in Extrinsic Semiconductor
- 2.2.4.2 Fermi Level in Degenerately Doped Semiconductor
- 2.2.5 Carrier Transport in Semiconductors
- 2.2.5.1 Carrier Mobility and Drift Current
- 2.2.5.2 Electrical Resistivity
- 2.2.5.3 Sheet Resistance
- 2.2.5.4 Velocity Saturation
- 2.2.5.5 Diffusion of Carriers
- 2.2.5.6 Nonuniformly Doped Semiconductors and Built-In Electric Field
- 2.2.6 Generation-Recombination
- 2.2.6.1 Injection Level
- 2.2.6.2 Recombination Processes
- 2.2.7 Basic Semiconductor Equations
- 2.2.7.1 Poisson's Equation
- 2.2.7.2 Carrier Concentration in Terms of Electrostatic Potential
- 2.2.7.3 Quasi-Fermi Level
- 2.2.7.4 Transport Equations
- 2.2.7.5 Continuity Equations
- 2.3 Theory of n-Type and p-Type Semiconductors in Contact
- 2.3.1 Basic Features of pn-Junctions
- 2.3.2 Built-In Potential.
- 2.3.3 Step Junctions
- 2.3.3.1 Junction Potential and Electric Field
- 2.3.4 pn-Junctions under External Bias
- 2.3.4.1 One-Sided Step Junctions
- 2.3.5 pn-Junction Equations
- 2.3.5.1 Relationship between Minority Carrier Density and Junction Voltage
- 2.3.6 pn-Junctions I-V Characteristics
- 2.3.6.1 Temperature Dependence of pn-Junction Leakage Current
- 2.3.6.2 Limitations of pn-Junction Current Equation
- 2.3.6.3 Bulk Resistance
- 2.3.6.4 Junction Breakdown Voltage
- 2.3.7 pn-Junction Dynamic Behavior
- 2.3.7.1 Junction Capacitance
- 2.3.7.2 Diffusion Capacitance
- 2.3.7.3 Small Signal Conductance
- 2.3.8 Diode Equivalent Circuit for Circuit CAD
- 2.4 Summary
- Exercises
- 3: Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor System
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 MOS Capacitor at Equilibrium
- 3.2.1 Work Function
- 3.2.2 Oxide Charges
- 3.2.2.1 Interface-Trapped Charge
- 3.2.2.2 Fixed-Oxide Charge
- 3.2.2.3 Oxide-Trapped Charge
- 3.2.2.4 Mobile Ionic Charge
- 3.2.3 Flat Band Voltage
- 3.2.4 Effect of Band Bending on the Semiconductor Surface
- 3.3 MOS Capacitor under Applied Bias
- 3.3.1 Accumulation
- 3.3.2 Depletion
- 3.3.3 Inversion
- 3.4 MOS Capacitor Theory
- 3.4.1 Formulation of Poisson's Equation in Terms of Band-Bending Potential
- 3.4.2 Electrostatic Potentials and Charge Distribution
- 3.4.2.1 MOS Capacitor at Depletion: Depletion Approximation
- 3.4.2.2 MOS Capacitor at Inversion
- 3.5 Capacitance of MOS Structure
- 3.5.1 Low Frequency C-V Characteristics
- 3.5.1.1 Accumulation
- 3.5.1.2 Flat Band
- 3.5.1.3 Depletion
- 3.5.1.4 Inversion
- 3.5.2 Intermediate and High Frequency C-V Characteristics
- 3.5.3 Deep Depletion C-V Characteristics
- 3.5.4 Deviation from Ideal C-V Curves
- 3.5.5 Polysilicon Depletion Effect on C-V Curves
- 3.6 Summary
- Exercises
- 4: Large Geometry MOSFET Compact Models
- 4.1 Introduction.
- 4.2 Overview of MOSFET Devices
- 4.2.1 Basic Features of MOSFET Devices
- 4.2.2 MOSFET Device Operation
- 4.3 MOSFET Threshold Voltage Model
- 4.4 MOSFET Drain Current Model
- 4.4.1 Drain Current Formulation
- 4.4.2 Pao-Sah Model
- 4.4.3 Charge-Sheet Model
- 4.4.3.1 Drift Component of Drain Current
- 4.4.3.2 Diffusion Component of Drain Current
- 4.4.4 Regional Drain Current Model
- 4.4.4.1 Core Model
- 4.4.4.2 Bulk-Charge Model
- 4.4.4.3 Square Root Approximation of Bulk-Charge Model
- 4.4.4.4 Subthreshold Region Drain Current Model
- 4.4.4.5 Limitations of Regional Drain Current Model
- 4.5 Summary
- Exercises
- 5: Compact Models for Small Geometry MOSFETs
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Threshold Voltage Model
- 5.2.1 Effect of Nonuniform Channel Doping on Threshold Voltage
- 5.2.1.1 Threshold Voltage Modeling for Nonuniform Vertical Channel Doping Profile
- 5.2.1.2 Threshold Voltage Modeling for Nonuniform Lateral Channel Doping Profile
- 5.2.2 Small Geometry Effect on Threshold Voltage Model
- 5.2.2.1 Threshold Voltage Model for Short Channel MOSFET Devices
- 5.2.2.2 Threshold Voltage Modeling for Narrow Channel MOSFET Devices
- 5.3 Drain Current Model
- 5.3.1 Surface Mobility Model
- 5.3.2 Subthreshold Region Drain Current Model
- 5.3.3 Linear Region Drain Current Model
- 5.3.4 Saturation Region Drain Current Model
- 5.3.5 Bulk-Charge Effect
- 5.3.6 Output Resistance
- 5.3.7 Unified Drain Current Equation
- 5.3.8 S/D Parasitic Series Resistance
- 5.3.9 Polysilicon Gate Depletion
- 5.3.10 Temperature Dependence
- 5.4 Substrate Current Model
- 5.4.1 Gate-Induced Drain Leakage Body Current Model
- 5.4.2 Gate Current Model
- 5.5 Summary
- Exercises
- 6: MOSFET Capacitance Models
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Basic MOSFET Capacitance Model
- 6.2.1 Intrinsic Charges and Capacitances
- 6.2.2 Meyer Model.
- 6.2.2.1 Strong Inversion
- 6.2.2.2 Weak Inversion
- 6.2.3 Limitations of Meyer Model
- 6.3 Charge-Based Capacitance Model
- 6.3.1 Long Channel Charge Model
- 6.3.1.1 Strong Inversion
- 6.3.1.2 Weak Inversion
- 6.3.1.3 Accumulation
- 6.3.2 Long Channel Capacitance Model
- 6.3.3 Short Channel Charge Model
- 6.3.4 Short Channel Capacitance Model
- 6.4 Gate Overlap Capacitance Model
- 6.5 Limitations of the Quasistatic Model
- 6.6 S/D pn-Junction Capacitance Model
- 6.6.1 Source-Body pn-Junction Diode
- 6.6.2 Drain-Body Junction Diode
- 6.7 Summary
- Exercises
- 7: Compact MOSFET Models for RF Applications
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 MOSFET Noise Models
- 7.2.1 Fundamental Sources of Noise
- 7.2.2 Thermal Noise
- 7.2.2.1 Physical Mechanism of Thermal Noise
- 7.2.2.2 Thermal Noise Model
- 7.2.3 Flicker Noise
- 7.2.3.1 Physical Mechanism of Flicker Noise
- 7.2.3.2 Flicker Noise Model
- 7.3 NQS Effect
- 7.3.1 Modeling NQS Effect in MOSFETs
- 7.4 Modeling Parasitic Elements for RF Applications
- 7.4.1 Modeling Gate Resistance
- 7.4.2 Modeling Substrate Network
- 7.4.3 MOSFET RF Model for GHz Applications
- 7.5 Summary
- Exercises
- 8: Modeling Process Variability in Scaled MOSFETs
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Sources of Front-End Process Variability
- 8.2.1 Systematic or Global Process Variability
- 8.2.2 Random or Local Process Variability
- 8.2.2.1 Random Discrete Doping
- 8.2.2.2 Line-Edge Roughness
- 8.2.2.3 Oxide Thickness Variation
- 8.2.2.4 Other Sources Process Variability
- 8.3 Characterization of Parametric Variability in MOSFETs
- 8.3.1 Random Variability
- 8.3.2 Systematic Variability
- 8.4 Conventional Process Variability Modeling for Circuit CAD
- 8.4.1 Worst-Case Fixed Corner Models
- 8.4.2 Statistical Corner Models
- 8.4.3 Process Parameters-Based Compact Variability Modeling.
- 8.5 Statistical Compact Modeling
- 8.5.1 Determination of Process Variability-Sensitive MOSFET Device Parameters
- 8.5.1.1 Selection of Local Process Variability-Sensitive Device Parameters
- 8.5.1.2 Selection of Global Process Variability-Sensitive Device Parameters
- 8.5.2 Mapping Process Variability-Sensitive Device Parameters to Compact Model Parameters
- 8.5.2.1 Mapping Local Process Variability-Sensitive Device Parameters to Compact Model Parameters
- 8.5.2.2 Mapping Global Process Variability-Sensitive Device Parameters to Compact Model Parameters
- 8.5.3 Determination of Variance for Process Variability-Sensitive Compact Model Parameters
- 8.5.3.1 Variance of Local Process Variability-Sensitive Compact Model Parameters
- 8.5.3.2 Variance of the Global Process Variability-Sensitive Compact Model Parameters
- 8.5.4 Formulation of Compact Model for Process Variability-Aware Circuit Design
- 8.5.5 Simulation Results and Discussions
- 8.6 Mitigation of the Risk of Process Variability in VLSI Circuit Performance
- 8.7 Summary
- Exercises
- 9: Compact Models for Ultrathin Body FETs
- 9.1 Introduction
- 9.2 Multigate Device Structures
- 9.2.1 Bulk-Multigate Device Structure
- 9.2.2 UTB-SOI Device Structure
- 9.3 Common Multiple-Gate FinFET Model
- 9.3.1 Core Model: Poisson-Carrier Transport
- 9.3.1.1 Electrostatics
- 9.3.1.2 Drain Current Model
- 9.3.2 Modeling Physical Effects of Real Device
- 9.3.2.1 Short Channel Effects
- 9.3.2.2 Quantum Mechanical Effects
- 9.3.2.3 Mobility Degradation
- 9.3.2.4 Series Resistances
- 9.4 Independent Multiple-Gate FET Model
- 9.4.1 Electrostatics
- 9.4.2 Drain Current Model
- 9.5 Dynamic Model
- 9.5.1 Common Multigate C-V Model
- 9.5.2 Independent Multigate C-V Model
- 9.6 Summary
- Exercises
- 10: Beyond-CMOS Transistor Models: Tunnel FETs
- 10.1 Introduction.
- 10.2 Basic Features of TFETs.