Title :
Automated model complexity reduction using the HICUM hierarchy
Author :
Pawlak, A. ; Schröter, M. ; Mukherjee, A. ; Lehmann, S. ; Shou, S. ; Céli, D.
Author_Institution :
CEDIC, Dresden Univ. of Technol., Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
Many of today´s high-frequency systems are implemented using heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) technology. For efficient circuit design, a compact modeling methodology for HBTs providing models with different complexity is of great interest. In particular for simulating larfe-scale circuits a simplified compact model such as HICUM/Level0 is beneficial and attractive. A methodology for generating the parameters for the simplified model from existing HICUM/Level2 parameters is introduced, and accurate modeling results with respect to experimental data over a wide temperature range are demonstrated.
Keywords :
heterojunction bipolar transistors; semiconductor device models; HICUM hierarchy; HICUM/Level0; HICUM/Level2; automated model complexity reduction; circuit design; compact modeling; heterojunction bipolar transistor; high-frequency systems; larfe-scale circuits; Adaptation models; Computational modeling; Equations; Integrated circuit modeling; Mathematical model; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; HICUM; Heterojunction bipolar transistors; compact modeling; model hierarchy;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference Dresden (SCD), 2011
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0431-4
DOI :
10.1109/SCD.2011.6068731
