Compact Models for Integrated Circuit Design: Conventional Transistors and Beyond

This book provides a modern treatise on compact models for circuit computer-aided design (CAD). Written by an author with more than 25 years of industry experience in semiconductor processes, devices, and circuit CAD, and more than 10 years of academic experience in teaching compact modeling courses, this first-of-its-kind book on compact SPICE models for very-large-scale-integrated (VLSI) chip design offers a balanced presentation of compact modeling crucial for addressing current modeling challenges and understanding new models for emerging devices.

Starting from basic semiconductor physics and covering state-of-the-art device regimes from conventional micron to nanometer, this text:

Presents industry standard models for bipolar-junction transistors (BJTs), metal-oxide-semiconductor (MOS) field-effect-transistors (FETs), FinFETs, and tunnel field-effect transistors (TFETs), along with statistical MOS modelsDiscusses the major issue of process variability, which severely impacts device and circuit performance in advanced technologies and requires statistical compact modelsPromotes further research of the evolution and development of compact models for VLSI circuit design and analysisSupplies fundamental and practical knowledge necessary for efficient integrated circuit (IC) design using nanoscale devices