• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.213-223
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• 2013

A unified channel thermal noise model valid in all operation regions is presented for short channel MOS transistors. It is based on smooth interpolation between weak and strong inversion models and consistent physical model including velocity saturation, channel length modulation, and carrier heating. From testing for noise benchmark and comparing with published noise data, it is shown that the proposed noise model could be useful in simulating the MOSFET channel thermal noise in all operation regions.

• 반도체디스플레이기술학회지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.73-76
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• 2020

The physics-based compact gate leakage current noise models in nanoscale MOSFETs are developed in such a way that the models incorporate important physical effects and are suitable for circuit simulators, including QM (quantum-mechanical) effects. An emphasis on the trap-related parameters of noise models is laid to make the models adaptable to the variations in different process technologies and to make its parameters easily extractable from measured data. With the help of an accurate and generally applicable compact noise models, the compact noise models are successfully implemented into BSIM (Berkeley Short-channel IGFET Model) format. It is shown that the noise models have good agreement with measurements over the frequency, gate-source and drain-source bias ranges.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권11호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2016

FinFET의 기생 커패시턴스와 기생저항은 회로의 고주파 성능을 결정하는 매우 중요한 요소이다. 선행 연구에서 BSIM-CMG에 구현된 FinFET의 기생 커패시턴스와 저항 모델보다 더 정확한 압축 모델을 개발하였다. 모델의 정확도를 검증하고, FinFET으로 구현 가능한 RF 회로의 성능을 정확하게 예측하기 위해 $S_{21}$ 10dB 이상 중심 주파수 60GHz 이상을 갖는 Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) 에 설계하였다. 22 nm FinFET 소자의 압축모델에 기반한 HSPICE를 사용하여 예측한 회로 성능의 정확도를 검증하기 위해 3D TCAD simulator인 Sentaurus의 mixed-mode 기능을 사용하여 LNA를 시뮬레이션 하였다. TCAD 시뮬레이션 결과를 정확도 측정의 기준으로 삼아 10GHz~100GHz 대역에서 제안한 모델과 Sentaurus의 $S_{21}$을 비교한 결과 87.5%의 정확도를 달성하였다. 이는 기존의 BSIM-CMG의 기생성분으로 예측한 정확도가 56.5%도임에 비해 31% 향상된 정확도를 보여준다. 이를 통해 FinFET의 기생 성분 모델의 정확도를 RF 영역에서 확인하였고, 정확한 기생 저항과 커패시턴스 모델이 LNA 성능을 정확하게 예측하는데 중요한 것임을 확인하였다.

• JSTS:Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2012

A design paradigm using sequential geometric programming is presented to accurately design CMOS op amps with BSIM3. It is based on new adaptive modeling of transistor parameters through the operating point simulation. This has low modeling cost as well as great simplicity and high accuracy. The short-channel dc, high-frequency small-signal, and short-channel noise models are used to characterize the physical behavior of submicron devices. For low-power and low-voltage design, this paradigm is extended to op amps operating in the subthreshold region. Since the biasing and modeling errors are less than 0.25%, the characteristics of the op amps well match simulation results. In addition, small dependency of design results on initial values indicates that a designed op amp may be close to the global optimum. Finally, the design paradigm is illustrated by optimizing CMOS op amps with accurate transfer function.