DocumentCode
34202
Title
How a Humble Circuit Designer Revolutionized MOS Transistor Modeling
Author
McAndrew, Colin C.
Author_Institution
Freescale Semicond. Inc., Phoenix, AZ, USA
Volume
6
Issue
4
fYear
2014
fDate
Fall 2014
Firstpage
44
Lastpage
47
Abstract
CMOS circuit design is based on two fundamental pillars: Understanding how MOS transistors operate, so a designer can innovate new circuit topologies and functions or know how to adjust the geometry and bias of transistors in existing circuits to meet performance goals; and understanding how accurate the MOS transistor models used in circuit simulators are, to know where the results of the detailed simulations used to verify circuit performance can or cannot be trusted.
Keywords
CMOS integrated circuits; MOSFET; semiconductor device models; CMOS circuit design; MOS transistor models; circuit performance; circuit simulators; circuit topologies; performance goals; transistor bias; transistor geometry; Benchmark testing; CMOS integrated circuits; Circuit synthesis; Integrated circuit modeling; MOS devices; MOSFET; Research and development; Semiconductor device modeling;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Solid-State Circuits Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1943-0582
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSSC.2014.2347793
Filename
6951391
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