A tool towards integration of IC process, device, and circuit simulation

Author

Chin, Goodwin ; Dutton, Robert W.

Author_Institution

Center for Integrated Syst., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

27

Issue

3

fYear

1992

fDate

3/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

265

Lastpage

273

Abstract

An interactive simulation system, comprised of an integrated set of tools, suitable for accurate characterization of arbitrary submicrometer devices is presented. The system, which is an extension of the University of California, Berkeley, tool SIMPL-IPX, uses a transparent link with 2D device simulation and provides an application-specific interface to 3D. While the system can be used to generate typical device characteristics (I-V curves and delay analysis) useful for sensitivity analysis and analytic model development, a greater benefit of the system is its ability to analyze parasitic devices that may lead to reliability problems. These parasitic devices are extremely difficult to characterize and tend to be overlooked. The system is used to investigate the influence of these parasitics by analyzing the effect of layout on the latch-up characteristics of a standard logic cell

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; digital simulation; electronic engineering computing; integrated circuit technology; interactive systems; sensitivity analysis; 2D device simulation; I-V curves; IC process simulation; SIMPL-IPX; analytic model development; application-specific interface; circuit simulation; delay analysis; device characteristics; interactive simulation system; latch-up characteristics; layout; parasitic device analysis; reliability; sensitivity analysis; standard logic cell; submicrometer devices; Character generation; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Delay; Electrostatic discharge; Equations; Fabrication; Predictive models; Sensitivity analysis; Solid modeling;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Solid-State Circuits, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9200

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4.121547

Filename

121547