Title :
Fast and smooth highly nonlinear multidimensional table models for device modeling
Author :
Meijer, Peter B L
Author_Institution :
Philips Res. Lab., Eindhoven, Netherlands
fDate :
3/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A general scheme is presented for the construction of device models for circuit simulators. Two general n-dimensional C 1 table models have been constructed under this scheme. Each table model can automatically reconstruct the exact DC current behavior of two basic physical device models, namely, the Ebers-Moll bipolar transistor model and the GLASMOST MOSFET model. The evaluation times of the three-dimensional table model implementations are less than those of advanced physical CAD device models. The table models are generally very accurate and have negligible model development time. Both table models have been implemented in the SPICE-like circuit simulator PHILPAC
Keywords :
bipolar transistors; circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; insulated gate field effect transistors; semiconductor device models; table lookup; CAD; DC current behavior; Ebers-Moll bipolar transistor model; GLASMOST MOSFET model; PHILPAC; circuit simulators; device modeling; n-dimensional C1 table models; nonlinear multidimensional table models; semiconductor devices; Bipolar transistors; Circuit simulation; Energy conservation; Government; Helium; MOSFET circuits; Multidimensional systems; Physics; Predictive models; Voltage;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on