Title :
An improved electron and hole mobility model for general purpose device simulation
Author :
Darwish, Mohamed N. ; Lentz, Janet L. ; Pinto, Mark R. ; Zeitzoff, Peter M. ; Krutsick, Thomas J. ; Vuong, Hong Ha
Author_Institution :
Siliconix Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA
fDate :
9/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new, comprehensive, physically-based, semiempirical, local model for transverse-field dependent electron and hole mobility in MOS transistors is presented. In order to accurately predict the measured relationship between the effective mobility and effective electric field over a wide range of substrate doping and bias, we account for the dependence of surface roughness limited mobility on the inversion charge density, in addition to including the effect of coulomb screening of impurities by charge carriers in the bulk mobility term. The result is a single mobility model applicable throughout a generalized device structure that gives good agreement with measured mobility data and measured MOS I-V characteristics over a wide range of substrate doping, channel length, transverse electric field, substrate bias, and temperature
Keywords :
MOSFET; electron mobility; hole mobility; inversion layers; semiconductor device models; semiconductor doping; I-V characteristics; MOS transistors; channel length; coulomb screening; device simulation; effective electric field; electron mobility model; hole mobility model; inversion charge density; local model; physically-based model; semiempirical model; substrate bias; substrate doping; surface roughness limited mobility; temperature; transverse electric field; transverse-field dependence; Charge carrier processes; Charge measurement; Current measurement; Density measurement; Doping; Electric variables measurement; Electron mobility; Length measurement; MOSFETs; Semiconductor process modeling;
Journal_Title :
Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on