Proc. of the 7th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems (WCM-MSM2004)

Boston, MA, March 7-11, 2004, Vol. 2, pp. 175-178.

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This paper presents a unified threshold-voltage-based (Vt-based) MOSFET model, which maintains source-drain symmetry and allows accurate prediction of transconductance (gm) and drain conductance (gds) and their derivatives (gm' and gds') with smooth transitions across regions of operation.  This has been achieved based on our previous unified source-extrapolated Vt-based model but re-derived with bulk reference for the drain current (Ids).  The unified model combines Vt-based model in strong inversion with surface-potential-based (ys-based) model in subthreshold with smooth transitions (in function as well as higher-order derivatives) across linear/saturation and weak/strong-inversion regions.  It has been verified with the experimental data from a 0.18-µm CMOS shallow trench isolation (STI) technology wafer.

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