Showing posts with label analog/RF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label analog/RF. Show all posts

Jun 22, 2020

[paper] Analog/RF Tri-metal Gate FinFET

N. G. P, S. Routray and K. P. Pradhan
Assessment of Analog/RF performances for 10 nm Tri-metal Gate FinFET
2020 4th IEEE EDTM; 2020, pp. 1-4
Penang, Malaysia
DOI: 10.1109/EDTM47692.2020.9117846

Abstract: Reduction in parasitic capacitance and resistance in FinFET is quite necessary in order to achieve high performance. In this paper, an intensive study on structural advancement in three different ways is implemented in basic FinFET structure such as (a) addition of thin silicide layer as interfacial layer between the contact and source/drain (b) extended and elevated source/drain (c) addition of hybrid spacer. Additionally, comparative study on the analog and RF performance is performed and analyzed for this structure between single material gate (SMG) and tri material gate (TMG) FinFET with all above enhancements. The analog parameters that have been analyzed are transconductance (gm), transconductance generation factor (TGF), output conductance (gd), and intrinsic gain (gm/gd). Similarly, the RF parameters like gate capacitance (CGG), cut-off frequency (fT), transconductance frequency product (TFP), gain frequency product (GFP), and gain transconductance frequency product (GTFP) are reported. Even though there is a degradation in the mobility for the TMG FinFET, but on a whole provides better performance. Furthermore, the effect of temperature on the drain current and transconductance has been shown for the TMG structure by varying the temperature from 200 to 350K with intervals of 50K which would be the extension to this paper. Analysis gives a potential overview on different structural improvement in order to achieve higher performance.
Fig. I. Top view of the proposed FinFET structure

Fig. II. (a) Gate capacitance (b) cutoff frequency (c) intrinsic delay (d) TFP (e) GFP (f) GTFP plots by variation of gate material.


Sep 29, 2015

MOS-AK article reached 400 reads

 MOS-AK article reached 400 reads

Jul 30, 2014

Semiconductor Devices Characterization Seminar

Technical Seminars addressing the challenges of CMOS, Power and RF
semiconductor device measurement and modeling 
Agilent and it´s 25 collaborative partners invite you to attend this complimentary technical seminar on characterization and modeling of semiconductor devices. Two tracks in parallel will address the needs for:
  • Small scale silicon industry
  • Power silicon industry and RF Power
Common topics to both Tracks:
  • Live demonstration of GaN device characterization flow: DC I-V characteristic extraction, RF Power measurement, Spice models creation for further usage in design stage.
CMOS Track:
  • Accurate and repeatable on-the-wafer device extraction – Cascade Microtech
  • DC characterization for emerging nano-technologies
  • Flicker Noise and Random Telegraph Noise
  • Spice model libraries optimization for dedicated application
Power & RF Power Track:
  • High Power Devices measurement
  • III-V devices spice model (DynaFET)
  • Nonlinear Component characterization
  • Non-50ohm Load Pull solution – Maury
Where/when:
To obtain the detail agenda of the nearest session, please select one of the locations below.
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FRGrenoble18 September 2014Register here
FIHelsinki23 September 2014Register here
DEMunich30 September 2014Register here
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FRLes Ulis6 November 2014Register here


 

 

Mar 7, 2014

Free And Open Source Simulator Software For Engineers

Free And Open Source Simulator Software For Engineers

0. Qucs
Download Link: http://qucs.sourceforge.net/download.html
Supported OS: Windows, Linux, Mac OSX
License:  Qucs is released under the GPL license and so it is free for free programmers and users !
Qucs stands for Quite Universal Circuit Simulator. So far Qucs is not yet finished, but it is already packed with features. Take a look at the screenshots to get a feel for what it can do.

1. CEDAR
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cedarlogic/files/latest/download
Supported OS: Windows
License: Freeware
CEDAR LS is an interactive digital logic simulator to be used for teaching of logic design or testing simple digital designs. It features both low-level logic gates as well as high-level components, including registers and a Z80 microprocessor emulater

2. Logisim
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/circuit/files/latest/download
Supported OS: Windows, Linux
License: Freeware
Logisim is an educational tool for designing and simulating digital logic circuits. With its simple toolbar interface and simulation of circuits as you build them, it is simple enough to facilitate learning the most basic concepts related to logic circuits.

3. FreeMat
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemat/files/latest/download?source=files
Supported OS: Windows, Linux
License: GPL
FreeMat is a free environment for rapid engineering and scientific prototyping and data processing. It is similar to commercial systems such as MATLAB from Mathworks, and IDL from Research Systems, but is Open Source. FreeMat is available under the GPL license.

4. Logic Gate Simulator
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gatesim/files/latest/download
Supported OS: Windows
License: GPL
Logic Gate Simulator is an open-source tool for experimenting with and learning about logic gates. Features include drag-and-drop gate layout and wiring, and user created "integrated circuits".

5. Maxima
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/latest/download?source=recommended
Supported OS: Windows
License: GPL
Maxima is a fairly complete computer algebra system written in Common Lisp with an emphasis on symbolic computation.

6. Ngspice
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=38962
Supported OS: Windows, Linux
License: GPL
Ngspice is a mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator. Its code is based on three open source software packages: Spice3f5, Cider1b1 and Xspice. Ngspice is part of gEDA project, a full GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.

7. Qfsm
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qfsm/files/latest/download
Supported OS: Windows, Linux
License: GPL
A graphical tool for designing finite state machines

8. QSapecNG
Download Link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/qsapecng/files/latest/download?source=directory
Supported OS: Windows
License: GPL
QSapecNG is a Qt-based symbolic analysis program for linear analog circuits. In fact, it consists of two indipendently parts: the SapecNG framework engine, and the application gui QSapecNG.

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May 1, 2013

13th HICUM Workshop 2013


HICUM Workshop at TU-Delft, May 27-28, 2013
The HIgh CUrrent Model (HICUM) has become an industry standard and one of the most suitable compact models for modern HBTs fabricated in latest process technologies covering a wide range of high frequency and mmW applications.
Since 2001, the annual HICUM Workshop has become a technical forum for the needs and interests of model users and developers for discussing the present trends and future needs of the bipolar transistor modeling and circuit design community.

Workshop Highlights:
  • Special presentation by Prof. Spirito on mm-wave on-wafer measurements
  • Various presentations covering the modeling of various bipolar transistor phenomena, new parameter extraction strategies, production-type model development, model testing and performance comparisons
  • Special presentations on benchmark circuits for model verification (solicited)