A pragmatic approach to integrated process/device/circuit simulation for IC technology development

Author

Green, Keith R. ; Fossum, Jerry G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

12-15 May 1991

Abstract

A novel approach to integrated process/device/circuit simulation is proposed. It makes pragmatic, computationally efficient IC technology CAD (computer-aided design) possible at the mixed-mode device/circuit level. The approach is demonstrated with a simulation system for advanced bipolar technologies. This system comprises the process simulator SUPREM-3 integrated with the seminumerical mixed-mode device/circuit simulator MMSPICE by a program called SUMM. The integration is characterized by the unique evaluation of the physical (structure-dependent) parameters for the MMSPICE BJT (bipolar junction transistor) model from a one-dimensional doping profile generated by SUPREM-3 (without any optimization-based extraction). The predictive capability of the SUMM/MMSPICE integrated system is verified by measurements and purely numerical simulations with PISCES-II. The utility of the system in IC technology development is exemplified by simulations showing the effects of variations in an advanced bipolar process flow on the performance of an ECL circuit

Keywords

bipolar integrated circuits; bipolar transistors; circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; integrated circuit technology; semiconductor device models; IC technology development; MMSPICE; PISCES-II; SUMM; TCAD; advanced bipolar technologies; bipolar junction transistor; computer-aided design; integrated process/device/circuit simulation; mixed-mode device/circuit level; one-dimensional doping profile; predictive capability; process simulator SUPREM-3; technology CAD; Character generation; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Design automation; Doping profiles; Integrated circuit measurements; Integrated circuit technology; Numerical simulation; Semiconductor process modeling; Transistors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1991., Proceedings of the IEEE 1991

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0015-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CICC.1991.164000

Filename

164000