• DocumentCode
    1967005
  • Title

    Spice simulation of 0.18 /spl mu/m CMOS ring oscillators using physical models for capacitance and series resistance

  • Author

    Biesemans, S. ; Kubicek, S. ; De Meyer, K.

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    1997
  • fDate
    10-10 Dec. 1997
  • Firstpage
    141
  • Lastpage
    144
  • Abstract
    We present a case study in which ring oscillators, with 0.18 /spl mu/m channel length, are measured and compared with Spice simulations. It is found that good quantitative results can be obtained for several process splits. Special care is taken to include a physical model for the parasitic series resistance R/sub s/(V/sub gs/) and to model correctly the parasitic capacitances obtained from the mask layout.
  • Keywords
    SPICE; 0.18 micron; CMOS ring oscillators; Spice simulation; channel length; mask layout; parasitic capacitances; parasitic series resistance; physical models; process splits; Application specific processors; Capacitance measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Implants; Integrated circuit interconnections; Length measurement; MOS devices; Parasitic capacitance; SPICE; Semiconductor device modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electron Devices Meeting, 1997. IEDM '97. Technical Digest., International
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC, USA
  • ISSN
    0163-1918
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-4100-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IEDM.1997.650278
  • Filename
    650278