FIT-2, an extraction program based on the SPICE-PAC simulation software

Author

Zuberek, W.M. ; Konczykowska, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Memorial Univ., St. John´´s, Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

14-17 May 1991

Firstpage

142

Abstract

FIT-2, an interactive program for extraction of transistor parameters for SPICE-like circuit simulators, is discussed. It is based on a circuit simulator rather than on an explicit set of model equations. Several optimization methods are built into the program to provide robust as well as sufficient fitting of device characteristics. The flexibility of the approach is obtained by specification of extraction details in the data sets rather than the extraction procedure. Extraction results for heterojunction bipolar transistors are used as an illustration of FIT-2´s capabilities. Several directions for further research are identified

Keywords

SPICE; circuit analysis computing; heterojunction bipolar transistors; interactive programming; optimisation; semiconductor device models; FIT-2; SPICE-PAC simulation software; SPICE-like circuit simulators; extraction of transistor parameters; extraction program; fitting of device characteristics; heterojunction bipolar transistors; interactive program; optimization methods; Capacitance measurement; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Data mining; Equations; Flexible printed circuits; Frequency measurement; Iterative methods; Parameter extraction; Software measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1991., Proceedings of the 34th Midwest Symposium on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0620-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1991.252146

Filename

252146