An Improved Compact Model of Silicon-Controlled Rectifier (SCR) for Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) Applications

Author

Lou, Lifang ; Liou, Juin J.

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum., Dallas, TX

Volume

55

Issue

12

fYear

2008

Firstpage

3517

Lastpage

3524

Abstract

This paper describes the development of a SPICE equivalent-circuit model of the silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection applications. The framework developed includes the equivalent circuit, models for the various components imbedded in the SCR, and model parameters´ extraction. The new model is implemented into the industry standard Cadence SPICE and is verified against transmission line pulsing measured data.

Keywords

SPICE; electrostatic discharge; elemental semiconductors; equivalent circuits; semiconductor device models; silicon; thyristors; Cadence SPICE; SPICE equivalent-circuit model; Si; compact model; electrostatic discharge application; electrostatic discharge protection; silicon-controlled rectifier; Data mining; Distributed parameter circuits; Electrostatic discharge; Electrostatic measurements; Equivalent circuits; Measurement standards; Protection; Rectifiers; SPICE; Thyristors; Compact modeling; electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection; human body model; silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9383

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TED.2008.2006739

Filename

4674564