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Title page for ETD etd-04262002-163736


Type of Document Master's Thesis
Author Kriplani, Nikhil M,
URN etd-04262002-163736
Title Transistor Modeling using Advanced Circuit Simulator Technology
Degree Master of Science
Graduate Program Electrical Engineering
Advisory Committee
Advisor Name Title
Michael Steer Committee Chair
Griff Bilbro Committee Member
Paul Franzon Committee Member
Keywords
  • Transim
  • MOSFET modeling
  • BSIM4
Date of Defense 2002-04-22
Availability unrestricted
Abstract
The advanced MOSFET model based on the Berkeley Short Channel IGFET Model (BSIM) version 4 is implemented in the circuit simulator Transim. The model is implemented as a charge controlled model using object-oriented programming and automatic differentiation. The result is a dramatically simplified approach to implementing the BSIM4 model in a simulator. The modeling technique does not use the associated discrete modeling approach commonly used in circuit simulators with the result that off-the-shelf numerical solvers can be used. The model is a simulator independent

model and the same model code can be used for DC, transient and harmonic balance analysis. Implementation of the model was completed in

7 months with 17 pages of C++ code compared to the original code for the model implemented in SPICE that was 200 pages long. Results for an NMOS

circuit are presented for DC and transient analysis.

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