Title :
MOSFET threshold voltage extractor circuits based on square-law behavior
Author :
Thomas, Fred ; Holman, W.T.
Author_Institution :
Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ, USA
Abstract :
New threshold voltage (VT) extractor circuits for single-well CMOS processes are presented. These circuits generate output voltages equal to the PFET and NFET threshold voltages, making them suitable for device characterization
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; SPICE; circuit feedback; integrated circuit modelling; semiconductor device models; MOSFET threshold voltage extractor circuit; NFET threshold voltages; PFET threshold voltages; PSPICE; circuit simulation; negative feedback; output voltages; single-well CMOS processes; square-law behavior; CMOS process; Character generation; Diodes; Dosimetry; Geometry; MOSFET circuits; Power measurement; Power supplies; Temperature measurement; Threshold voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. 42nd Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Las Cruces, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5491-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1999.867833