Dec 16, 2015

[video] How to Model RF Passive Components: Capacitors and Resistors

This video explains and demonstrates a method to develop accurate SPICE models from verified S-parameter measurements. By using an easy to follow, step by step procedure, this video walks you through the entire modeling flow for an on-wafer capacitor, using the Keysight Measurement and Modeling Software IC-CAP.

The IC-CAP project can be downloaded, together with a detailed How-to-Use description, and an in-depth tutorial about passive components modeling, applying the demonstrated method.

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Nov 18, 2015

[mos-ak] [Final Program] 8th International MOS-AK Workshop Washington DC December 9, 2015

 8th International MOS-AK Workshop 
  Washington DC December 9, 2015 
  The Final MOS-AK Workshop Program
 
Together with the MOS-AK Workshop Scientific Program Coordinators Larry Nagel and Andrei Vladimirescu, as well as Extended MOS-AK TPC Committee, we have pleasure to invite to the MOS-AK Workshop which will be held in Washington DC in the IEDM / CMC meetings timeframe on December 9, 2015. The MOS-AK workshop is organized with aims to strengthen an academic/industry network and discussion forum among experts in the field, enhance open platform for information exchange related to compact/SPICE modeling and Verilog-A standardization, bring people in the compact modeling field together, as well as obtain feedback from technology developers, circuit designers, and CAD/EDA tool developers and vendors. 

Venue:    
Embassy of Switzerland
2900 Cathedral Ave, NW,  
Washington, DC 20008 
USA 

Free Online Workshop Registration:

Workshop Agenda:
  • MOS-AK Workshop - Dec, 9, 2015
  • Online Technical Program http://www.mos-ak.org/washington_dc_2015/
    • 08:30 - 09:00 - On-site Registration 
    • 09:00 - 12:30 - Morning MOS-AK Session
      • TCAD and Advanced CMOS Technologies
      • Compact Modeling and Reliability Co-simulation
    • 12:30 - 13:30 - Lunch
    • 13:30 - 17:00 - Afternoon MOS-AK Session 
      • CMC Compact Model Standardization
      • FOSS Tools for Compact Model Verilog-A Standardization
    • 17:00 End of the workshop
Postworkshop Publications:
Selected best MOS-AK technical presentation will be recommended for further publication in a special compact modeling issue of the International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems (IJHSES)

Extended MOS-AK Committee

WG/18/11/15

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Nov 11, 2015

[ESSCIRC 2015] Low-power analog RF circuit design based on the inversion coefficient

[ref] Enz, Christian; Chalkiadaki, Maria-Anna; Mangla, Anurag, "Low-power analog/RF circuit design based on the inversion coefficient," in ESSCIRC 2015 - 41st , vol., no., pp.202-208, 14-18 Sept. 2015

Abstract: This paper discusses the concept of the inversion coefficient as an essential design parameter that spans the entire range of operating points from weak via moderate to strong inversion, including velocity saturation. Several figures-of-merit based on the inversion coefficient, especially suitable for the design of low-power analog and RF circuits, are presented. These figures-of-merit incorporate the various trade-offs encountered in analog and RF circuit design. The use of the inversion coefficient and the derived figures-of-merit for optimization and design is demonstrated through simple examples. Finally, the simplicity of the inversion coefficient based analytical models is emphasized by their favorable comparison against measurements of a commercial 40-nm bulk CMOS process as well as with simulations using the BSIM6 model.

Keywords: Analytical models, Integrated circuits, Noise, Radio frequency, Silicon, Transconductance, Transistors, BSIM6

URL / doi: 10.1109/ESSCIRC.2015.7313863

Oct 29, 2015

[Call for Participation] FOSDEM 2016 Electronic Design Automation Devroom

 Call for Participation 
FOSDEM 2016 Electronic Design Automation Devroom 

This is the call for participation in the FOSDEM 2016 devroom on Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools, to be held on Saturday 30 January 2016 in Brussels, Belgium. We are looking for contributions under the form of talks covering the following main topics:
  • Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design tools (e.g. KiCad and gEDA)
  • Analogue and digital simulators (e.g. ngspice, Qucs, Gnucap, Xyce, GHDL, Icarus and Verilator)
  • Any other EDA tools such as high-level tools for digital hardware design (e.g. Migen)
  • Inter-project opportunities for collaboration
We hope to provide an opportunity for attendees to bring themselves up to date on the latest FOSS EDA developments, share knowledge and identify opportunities to collaborate on development tasks. Have a look at last year's event for a taste of what the EDA devroom is about.
The submission process
Please submit your proposals at https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM16 
before 4 December 2015.

If you already have a Pentabarf account (for example as a result of having submitted a proposal in the past), make sure you use it to log in and submit your proposal. Do not create a new account if you already have one. Please provide a bit of information about yourself under Person -> Description -> Abstract. When you submit your proposal (creating an "Event" in Pentabarf), make sure you choose the "EDA devroom" in the track drop-down menu. Otherwise your proposal might go unnoticed. Fill in at least a title and abstract for the proposed talk and a suggested duration. Bear in mind that a lot of the value in these meetings comes from the discussions, so please be reasonable regarding the duration of the talk.
Important dates
  • 4 December 2015: deadline for submission of proposals
  • 18 December 2015: announcement of final schedule
  • 30 January 2016: devroom day

Oct 23, 2015

[Purdue e-Pubs] A physics-based compact model for thermoelectric devices


A physics-based compact model for thermoelectric devices
Kyle Conrad, Purdue University; Mark S. Lundstrom, Purdue University (Advisor)

Abstract: Thermoelectric devices have a wide variety of potential applications including as coolers, temperature regulators, power generators, and energy harvesters. During the past decade or so, new thermoelectric materials have been an active area of research. As a result, several new high figure of merit (zT) materials have been identified, but practical devices using these new materials have not yet been reported. A physics-based compact model could be used to simulate a thermoelectric devices within a full system using SPICE-compatible circuit simulators. If such a model accepts measured or simulated material parameters, it would be useful in exploring the system level applications of new materials. In this thesis, the ground work for such a compact model is developed and tested. I begin with a discussion of thermoelectric transport theory within the Landauer formalism. The Landauer formalism is used as the basis of the tool LanTraP, which uses full band descriptions to calculate the distribution of modes and thermoelectric transport parameters, which can serve as the input to a compact model. Next, an equivalent circuit model is presented, explained, and tested using a simple Bi2Te 3 thermoelectric leg. The equivalent circuit is shown to perform well under a variety of DC, transient, and AC small signal operating conditions. With the equivalent circuit it is easy to determine the maximum cold side temperature drop, the maximum cold side heat absorbed, the temperature profile within the leg, the temperature response to a pulsed current, and impedance over a range of frequencies. Finally, Sentaurus®, a computer program that solves the thermoelectric transport equations numerically, is used to compare and benchmark some of the results of the equivalent circuit when considering Si as the thermoelectric material. The equivalent circuit and Sentaurus® simulations produce similar results in DC and transient cases, but in the AC small signal case the two simulations produce slight differences. The results of this work establishes a baseline compact model for thermoelectric devices whose accuracy and capabilities can be extended.

Oct 19, 2015

[mos-ak] [2nd Announcement and Call for Papers] 8th International MOS-AK Workshop Washington DC December 9, 2015

 8th International MOS-AK Workshop 
 Washington DC December 9, 2015 
 2nd Announcement and Call for Papers 

Together with the MOS-AK Workshop Scientific Program Coordinators Larry Nagel and Andrei Vladimirescu, as well as Extended MOS-AK TPC Committee, we have pleasure to invite to the MOS-AK Workshop which will be held in Washington DC in the IEDM / CMC meetings timeframe Planned MOS-AK workshop is organized with aims to strengthen a network and discussion forum among experts in the field, enhance open platform for information exchange related to compact/SPICE modeling and Verilog-A standardization, bring people in the compact modeling field together, as well as obtain feedback from technology developers, circuit designers, and CAD/EDA tool developers and vendors. 

Venue:    
Embassy of Switzerland
2900 Cathedral Ave, NW,  
Washington, DC 20008 
USA 

Important Dates:
  • Call for Papers - Sept. 2015
  • 2nd Announcement - Oct. 2015
  • Final Workshop Program - Nov. 2015
  • MOS-AK Workshop - Dec, 9, 2015
  • http://www.mos-ak.org/washington_dc_2015/
    • 08:30 - 09:00 - On-site Registration 
    • 09:00 - 10:30 - Morning MOS-AK Session
    • 11:00 - 12:00 - CM Standardization Pannel
    • 12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch
    • 13:00 - 16:00 - Afternoon MOS-AK Session 
Topics to be covered include the following:
  • Advances in semiconductor technologies and processing
  • Compact Modeling (CM) of the electron devices
  • Verilog-A language for CM standardization
  • New CM techniques and extraction software
  • Open Source TCAD/EDA modeling and simulation
  • CM of passive, active, sensors and actuators
  • Emerging Devices, CMOS and SOI-based memory cells
  • Microwave, RF device modeling, high voltage device modeling
  • Nanoscale CMOS devices and circuits
  • Technology R&D, DFY, DFT and IC Designs
  • Foundry/Fabless Interface Strategies
Tentative MOS-AK speakers list
  • Mathieu Luisier (ETHZ) TCAD for nanoscaled devices
  • Mansun Chan (HKUST) iMOS online simulation platform
  • Akira Ito (Broadcom) Leading-edge RF MOSVAR Modeling 
  • Samuel Mertens (Cadence)
  • Rob Jones (Raytheon), GaN FET model standardization
  • Klaus-Willi Pieper (Infineon)
  • Ehrenfried Seebacher (ams) DIODE_CMC standard diode model
  • Colin Shaw (Silvaco) CMC OMI - based on TSMC TM
  • Joddy Wang (Synopsys) FinFET SPICE modeling
  • Mike Brinson (Qucs) EDD Verilog-A Prototyping Platform
  • Mark Lundstrom (Purdue)
  • Jaijeet Roychowdhury (UCB) Model and Algorithm Prototyping Platform (MAPP)
Online Abstract Submission:

Authors should submit an abstract using on-line MOS-AK submission form:
http://www.mos-ak.org/washington_dc_2015/abstracts.php
(any related inquiries can be sent to abstracts@mos-ak.org)
 
Free Online Workshop Registration:
http://www.mos-ak.org/washington_dc_2015/registration.php
(any related inquiries can be sent to registration@mos-ak.org)
 
Postworkshop Publications:
Selected best MOS-AK technical presentation will be recommended for further publication in a special issue of the International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Extended MOS-AK Committee

WG102015

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Oct 11, 2015

IEDM: Modeling and Simulation – Compact Modeling

 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) is the world’s preeminent forum for reporting technological breakthroughs in the areas of semiconductor and electronic device technology, design, manufacturing, physics, and modeling. IEDM is the flagship conference for nanometer-scale CMOS transistor technology, advanced memory, displays, sensors, MEMS devices, novel quantum and nano-scale devices and phenomenology, optoelectronics, devices for power and energy harvesting, high-speed devices, as well as process technology and device modeling and simulation. This year IEDM technical program also includes a series of the compact modeling papers:
[9.6] GaNFET Compact Model for Linking Device Physics, High Voltage Circuit Design and Technology Optimization, U. Radhakrishna, S. Lim, P. Choi, T. Palacios, and D.A Antoniadis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
[28.1] Transport Mechanism in sub 100C Processed High Mobility Polycrystalline ZnO Transparent Thin Film Transistors, P.B. Pillai, and M.M. De Souza, University of Sheffield
[28.2] Physical-based Analytical Model of flexible a-IGZO TFTs Accounting for Both Charge Injection and Transport, M. Ghittorelli, F. Torricelli, J.L. Van Der Steen*, C. Garripoli**, A. Tripathi*, G. Gelinck*, E. Cantatore**, Z. Kovacs-Vajna, University of Brescia, *Holst Centre, TNO, **Eindhoven University of Technology
[28.3] Predictive Compact Modeling of Random Variations in FinFET Technology for 16/14nm Node and Beyond, X. Jiang, X. Wang*, R. Wang, B. Cheng**, A. Asenov*, and R. Huang, Peking University, *University of Glasgow, **Gold Standard Simulations (GSS) Ltd.
[28.4] A New Surface Potential Based Physical Compact Model for GFET in RF Applications, L. Wang, S. Peng, Z. Zong, L. Li, W. Wang, G. Xu, N. Lu, Z. Ji, and M. Liu, Chinese Academy of Sciences
[28.5] Physics-based Compact Modeling Framework for State-of-the-Art and Emerging STT-MRAM Technology, N. Xu, J. Wang, Y. Lu, H.-H. Park, B. Fu, R. Chen, W. Choi, D. Apalkov, S. Lee*, S. Ahn*, Y. Kim*, Y. Nishizawa**, K.-H. Lee, Y. Park, Samsung Semiconductor Inc, *Samsung Electronics, **Samsung R&D Institute Japan
[28.6] Physics-based Compact Modeling of Charge Transport in Nanoscale Electronic Devices (Invited), S. Rakheja, and D. Antoniadis*, New York University, *Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The compact/SPICE modeling and its Verilog-A standardization will be also discussed at two following engineering events organized by MOS-AK Group and the CMC which are collocated with the IEDM in Washington DC in December, later this year.

[online MOS-AK and CMC registration]


Oct 1, 2015

Nature - Column: World View - Science must prepare for impact

  Nature | 30 September 2015 | Column: World View | Science must prepare for impact

To maintain public support, researchers need to be able to adapt to the rapidly changing needs of society and politicians, warns Guy Poppy U.Southampton. [read more]

Sep 29, 2015

MOS-AK article reached 400 reads

 MOS-AK article reached 400 reads

Sep 8, 2015

Free Copy of "Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry

As you may know SemiWiki published a book last year which is a really nice history of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem. Thousands of people have copies, we have received many compliments on it, and we are very proud.
As a thank you to all SemiWiki members I would like to offer a free PDF version of the book. You can access it via the attachment at the bottom of this wiki:
Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry

Only registered SemiWiki members can access this wiki so if you are not already a member please join as my guest:
https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/register.php
For those of you who are "seasoned" semiconductor professionals this book will be a nice walk down memory lane. If you are less seasoned it will be a great read to get you up to speed on how we got to where we are today and where we are going tomorrow, absolutely.

Sep 1, 2015

[video] How to Model a BJT Bipolar Junction Transistor

This video covers the basics of bipolar junction transistor (BJT) modeling and illustrates an easy step-by-step procedure to extract the model parameters of the popular Gummel-Poon (GP) model. While the GP model was introduced in the early 1970’s, it still enjoys a wide popularity in electronic device modeling and many modeling engineers consider it a classic and an excellent starting point for getting familiar with modeling in general.

Video Published on Aug 31, 2015

To download the project files referred to in this video visit:
http://www.keysight.com/find/eesof-how-to-model-BJT

Aug 17, 2015

Compact Modeling Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship in Spain

The European (Horizon 2020) Call for Postdoctoral Individual Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowships (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015) is open until September 10 2015.

I am looking for one or two candidates to work in my research group at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain) in the field of compact modeling of advanced semiconductor devices. Therefore, I would like to receive CVs from potential applicants. Once I have selected the candidates, we will make the application.

The candidates must have a Ph D in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Physics, Telecommunication Engineering, or related subjects.

Candidates from all countries can apply for an Individual European Fellowship provided they have not sepent more than 12 months during the last 3 years in the country of the Host Institution (in this case, Spain)

These felowships can be for one or two years. Salaries are extremely good and the prestige of having this type of fellowship is very high. For this reason, there is a tough competition to get these fellowships.

I am looking for candidates for these Marie Curie Grants, both from Europe and outside Europe. Candidates must have a good CV (preferably with more than 4 publications as first author in international journals, in order to have chances). In order to fit the Marie Curie requirements, their age should be below 35.

If successful, the postdoctoral researchers will work on the characterization of compact modeling of any of the advanced semiconductor devices targeted by our research European projects: organic and oxide TFTs, advanced III-V HEMT and III-V MOSFETs,  SOI and Multi-Gate MOSFETs, tunnel FETs.

The specific device/s in which the postdoctoral researcher will work will depend on his/her preference and background.

Candidates must send me by e-mail (to benjamin.iniguez@gmail.com) a CV or resume by AUGUST 31 2015. Successful applicants will be informed by SEPTEMBER 2, and then we will start to make the application. The successful candidates will be informed on the steps to do.

Tarragona is a small city (110000 inhabitants) on the Mediterranean coast, about 100 Km south from Barcelona, and very well connected to Barcelona and the main Spanish cities by rail and highway. Tarragona is a very old city, very important during the Roman Empire, and with a lot of historical landmarks.

The quality of life in Tarragona is excellent. Mediterranean and mild climate the whole year. Wonderful beaches around the city (even at the city). Mountains close to the city (even the Pyrenees are not far). Besides, the city is very quiet, but with an intense nightlife.

My research group in the Department of Electronic Engineering, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) is one of the strongest groups in compact modeling in Europe. We are leading one European project on compact modeling of organic and oxide TFTs (in which a total of 9 European universities and companies participate). We also participate on  other projects targeting other advanced devices.

I am looking forward to receiving excellent applications!

Benjamin Iñiguez
Department of Electronic Engineering
Tarragona, SPAIN
Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) 

E-mail: benjamin.iniguez@gmail.com

Aug 10, 2015

ESSDERC ESSCIRC in Graz (A)

 ESSDERC 2015: 45th European Solid-State Device Conference
 ESSCIRC 2015: 41th European Solid-State Circuits Conference
 September 14-18, 2015 - Graz, Austria

The aim of ESSDERC and ESSCIRC is to provide an annual European forum for the presentation and discussion of recent advances in solid-state devices and circuits. The increasing level of integration for system-on-chip design made available by advances in silicon technology is, more than ever before, calling for a deeper interaction among technologists, device experts, IC designers, and system designers. While keeping separate Technical Program Committees, ESSCIRC and ESSDERC are governed by a common Steering Committee and share Plenary Keynote Presentations and Joint Sessions bridging both communities. Attendees registered for either conference are encouraged to attend any of the scheduled parallel sessions, regardless to which conference they belong.

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Aug 7, 2015

[mos-ak] [Final Program] Autumn 2015 MOS-AK Workshop at ESSDERC/ESSCIRC

 Autumn 2015 MOS-AK Workshop at ESSDERC/ESSCIRC
 Graz (A) September 18, 2015
 Final Workshop Program
 <http://www.mos-ak.org/graz_2015/>


Together with the MOS-AK Workshop Scientific Program Coordinators Larry Nagel and Andrei Vladimirescu, local workshop chairs Benjamin Iniguez, URV (SP) and Jean-Michel Sallese, EPFL (CH) as well as Extended MOS-AK TPC Committee, we have pleasure to invite to the MOS-AK Workshop which will be held in Graz (A) at the ESSDERC/ESSCIRC Conference following a joint modeling session (invited talks by Prof. C.C.Enz and Prof. C.Hu) as well as a session with regular modeling paper (and the invited talk by Prof. M.Lundstrom). Next MOS-AK/Graz workshop is organized with aims to strengthen a network and discussion forum among experts in the field, enhance open platform for information exchange related to compact/SPICE modeling and Verilog-A standardization, bring people in the compact modeling field together, as well as obtain feedback from technology developers, circuit designers, and CAD/EDA tool developers and vendors. All three modeling events would allow us to discuss all broad aspects of the compact/SPICE modeling and its Verilog-A standardization as well as highlighting important our research topics at such top level forum as the ESSCER/ESSCIRC Conferences. Already now, looking forward to meet you and all your industrial and academic partners in Graz, very soon.

Venue:   
University of Technology,
Campus Inffeldgasse
Graz (A)

Important Dates:
  • Call for Papers - March 2015
  • 2nd Announcement - May 2015
  • Final Workshop Program - July 2015
  • MOS-AK Workshop - Sept.18, 2015 <http://www.mos-ak.org/graz_2015/>
    • 08:30 - 09:00 - On-site Registration
    • 09:00 - 12:00 - Morning MOS-AK Session
    • 12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch
    • 13:00 - 16:00 - Afternoon MOS-AK Session
Postworkshop publications:
Selected best MOS-AK technical presentation will be recommended for further publication in a special issue of the International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Extended MOS-AK Committee

wg/aug/15

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Aug 6, 2015

Best Practices for Compact Modeling in Verilog-A

Mcandrew, C.C.; Coram, G.J.; Gullapalli, K.K.; Jones, J.R.; Nagel, L.; Roy, A.S.; Roychowdhury, J.; Scholten, A.J.; Smit, G.D.J.; Wang, X.; Yoshitomi, S., "Best Practices for Compact Modeling in Verilog-A," Electron Devices Society, IEEE Journal of the , vol.PP, no.99, pp.1,1

doi: 10.1109/JEDS.2015.2455342

Abstract: Verilog-A is the de facto standard language that the semiconductor industry uses to define compact models. Unfortunately, it is easy to write models poorly in Verilog-A, and this can lead to unphysical model behavior, poor convergence, and difficulty in understanding and maintaining model codes. This paper details best practices for writing compact models in Verilog-A, to try to help raise the quality of compact modeling throughout the industry.

keywords: Capacitance, Computational modeling, Convergence, Hardware design languages, Integrated circuit modeling, Mathematical model, Numerical models

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Jul 10, 2015

Octave-Forge Community Choice POTM

The Octave-Forge packages -- Community Choice Project of the Month for July

For one of the July "Community Choice" Projects of the Month, the community elected Octave-Forge, a central location for the collaborative development of packages for GNU Octave, a high-level interpreted language. The Octave-Forge packages expand Octave's core functionality by providing field specific features via Octave's package system. Some of the individual Octave-Forge packages include: image and signal processing, fuzzy logic, instrument control, and statistics packages.

Download Octave-Forge now.

Related Projects:

Jun 30, 2015

Analog CMOS from 5 micrometer to 5 nanometer

 Sansen, W., "1.3 Analog CMOS from 5 micrometer to 5 nanometer," ISSCC 2015 IEEE International , vol., no., pp.1,6, 22-26 Feb. 2015 doi: 10.1109/ISSCC.2015.7062848 
Abstract: In our future, as usual, analog designers will continue to expand their expertise and knowledge in response to changing needs. While devices will change their nature and operate at higher and higher frequencies, their I-V characteristics will remain similar. In the near term, increased speed of MOS circuits, will be reached by operating deeper in weak inversion. Offset and 1/f noise will continue to play a critical role. Thus, in general, it seems that analog expertise is insensitive to technology change.
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Jun 29, 2015

QUCS: Project of the Week, June 1, 2015

 The Qucs is one of the featured projects for the week (June 1, 2015), which appear on the front page of SourceForge.net:

 Qucs is a circuit simulator with a graphical user interface. The software aims to support all kinds of circuit simulation types such as, e.g. DC, AC, S-parameter, Transient, Noise, and Harmonic Balance analysis. Pure digital simulations are also supported.
[ Download Quite Universal Circuit Simulator ]

Jun 17, 2015

3rd Training Course on Compact Modeling

 3rd TCCM, 
 organized as IEEE EDS Mini-Colloquium 
 (http://eds.ieee.org/lectures.html?eid=136)

Co-organizer: Institute of Electron Technology, Warsaw, Poland
Technical Program Promoter: DMCS, Lodz University of Technology, Łódź, Poland

Date: June 24, 2015.
Place: Hotel Bulwar (Lejda room) ul. Bulwar Filadelfijski 18, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
www: http://www.hotelbulwar.pl

Final schedule of TCCM:
9:00 Wladek Grabinski, Opening
9:10 Henryk Przewłocki, "Weaknesses and corrections of the classical theory of photoelectric phenomena in the MOS system"
10:00 Juin J.Liou, "Compact Modeling of Junction Failure in Semiconductor Devices Subject to Electrostatic Discharge Stresses"
10:50 Coffee break
11:10 Jean-Michel Sallese, "Modeling Junctionless Field Effect Transistors"
12:00 Mike Brinson, "A unified approach to compact device modelling with the open source packages Qucs/ADMS and MAPP/Octave"
13:00 Lunch
14:30 Benjamin Iniguez, "Physically-Based Compact Modeling of GaN HEMT"
15:20 Wladek Grabinski, "Verilog-A Compact Model Standardization"
16:10 Daniel Tomaszewski, "Compact modeling and statistical modeling for parametric yield improvement"
17:00 Wladek Grabinski, Closing

Jun 12, 2015

Micro&Nano 2015 - 2nd Announcement

6th Micro & Nano Conference on Micro - Nanoelectronics, Nanotechnologies and MEMs
4-7 October, 2015, Athens, Greece

http://conference-micronano2015.micro-nano.gr
Second Announcement

The "Micro&Nano 2015" Conference will be held at the Fenix Hotel, in Glyfada, Athens, Greece. The Best Western Hotel Fenix is conveniently located in Glyfada, an attractive resort in the south coast of Athens. More details on the Conference venue can be found on the conference website:
<http://conference-micronano2015.micro-nano.gr>

Conference Topics:
  • Micro and Nano- Fabrication
  • Materials for Electronics, Photonics and Sensors
  • Electronic, Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices
  • Sensors and Actuators
All abstracts should not exceed the limit of 300 words. Please follow the abstract template that can be found here. The deadline for abstract submission is on 30 June 2015.

The Conference abstracts will be published in the "Abstract Book" that will be distributed to all the participants, at the beginning of the Conference. Selected papers will be published, after peer-review, in special issues of the following international journals:
  • Nanoscale Research Letters (the nanoscience related articles)
  • Microelectronic Engineering
[read more: http://conference-micronano2015.micro-nano.gr]

May 15, 2015

[mos-ak] [2nd Announcement and Call for Papers] Autumn 2015 MOS-AK Workshop at ESSDERC/ESSCIRC

 Autumn 2015 MOS-AK Workshop at ESSDERC/ESSCIRC
Graz (A) September 18, 2015
2nd Announcement and Call for Papers

Together with the MOS-AK Workshop Scientific Program Coordinators Larry Nagel and Andrei Vladimirescu, local workshop chairs Benjamin Iniguez, URV (SP) and Jean-Michel Sallese, EPFL (CH) as well as Extended MOS-AK TPC Committee, we have pleasure to invite to the MOS-AK Workshop which will be held in Graz (A) at the ESSDERC/ESSCIRC Conference where also a joint modeling session (invited talks by Prof. C.C.Enz and Prof. C.Hu) as well as a session with regular modeling paper (and the invited talk by Prof. M.Lundstrom) are planed. Following MOS-AK workshop is organized with aims to strengthen a network and discussion forum among experts in the field, enhance open platform for information exchange related to compact/SPICE modeling and Verilog-A standardization, bring people in the compact modeling field together, as well as obtain feedback from technology developers, circuit designers, and CAD/EDA tool developers and vendors.

Venue:   
University of Technology,
Campus Inffeldgasse
Graz (A)

Important Dates:
  • Call for Papers - March 2015
  • 2nd Announcement - May 2015
  • Final Workshop Program - July 2015
  • MOS-AK Workshop - Sept.18, 2015
    • 08:30 - 09:00 - On-site Registration
    • 09:00 - 10:30 - Morning MOS-AK Session
    • 11:00 - 12:00 - CM Standardization Pannel
    • 12:00 - 13:00 - Lunch
    • 13:00 - 16:00 - Afternoon MOS-AK Session
Topics to be covered include the following:
  • Advances in semiconductor technologies and processing
  • Compact Modeling (CM) of the electron devices
  • Verilog-A language for CM standardization
  • New CM techniques and extraction software
  • Open Source TCAD/EDA modeling and simulation
  • CM of passive, active, sensors and actuators
  • Emerging Devices, CMOS and SOI-based memory cells
  • Microwave, RF device modeling, high voltage device modeling
  • Nanoscale CMOS devices and circuits
  • Technology R&D, DFY, DFT and IC Designs
  • Foundry/Fabless Interface Strategies
Online Abstract Submission:
Authors should submit an abstract using on-line MOS-AK submission form
(any related inquiries can be sent to abstracts@mos-ak.org)
http://www.mos-ak.org/graz_2015/abstracts.php

Free online workshop registration:
(any related inquiries can be sent to register@mos-ak.org)
http://www.mos-ak.org/graz2015/registration.php

Postworkshop publications:
Selected best MOS-AK technical presentation will be recommended for further publication in a special issue of the International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems

Extended MOS-AK Committee

WG052015

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Mar 16, 2015

[MOS-AK/DATE 2015 Workshop] CEA-Leti's predictive model takes FDSOI further

 CEA-Leti's predictive model takes FDSOI further 

During DATE 2015’s MOS-AK Workshop, CEA-Leti presented the newest version of its advanced compact model for ultra-thin body and buried oxide fully depleted SOI (UTBB-FDSOI) technology.

Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator (FDSOI) is a planar process technology that relies on two primary innovations. First, an ultra-thin layer of insulator, called the buried oxide, is positioned on top of the base silicon.

Then, a very thin silicon film implements the transistor channel. Thanks to its thinness, there is no need to dope the channel, thus making the transistor fully depleted. The combination of these two innovations is called “ultra-thin body and buried oxide Fully Depleted SOI” or UTBB-FDSOI.

Back in 2013, CEA-Leti had deployed a first compact model, but working in close cooperation with STMicroelectronics, the research lab understood that more subtle back gate channelling effects had to be addressed to fully exploit the benefits of UTBB-FDSOI and to explore the transistors’ behaviour in more details.

New analytical equations were written from scratch for the Leti-UTSOI2.1 compact model, improving on the predictability and accuracy capabilities of the previous version, Leti-UTSOI2.

To date, other models from the University of Hiroshima, and from the University of Berkeley fail to account for inversion effects at the back interface, when a strong forward back bias (FBB) is applied, told us Thierry Poiroux, Leti research engineer and model co-developer.

More specifically, the French lab used a unique analytical resolution scheme for the calculation of surface potentials at both interfaces of the transistor body, offering a refined description of narrow-channel effects, with an improved accuracy of moderate inversion regime and gate tunnelling current modelling.

Because the model is analytical, it is much faster than any numerical simulation. It is now available in all major SPICE and Fast SPICE simulators through licences with EDA vendors and will allow fabless companies and IC designers to virtually explore different UTBB-FDSOI parameters within a given foundry process node. The new model can also be used by foundries and fabless companies to perform a predictive analysis of future nodes to come, in order to orient their ongoing process optimization.

for more information visit CEA-Leti at www.leti.fr

Mar 8, 2015

[BOOK] FinFET Modeling for IC Simulation and Design Using the BSIM-CMG Standard

 FinFET Modeling for IC Simulation and Design Using the BSIM-CMG Standard
 Yogesh Singh Chauhan, Darsen Lu, Sriramkumar Venugopalan, Sourabh Khandelwal, Juan Pablo Duarte, Navid Paydavosi, Ai Niknejad, Chenming Hu

DESCRIPTIONThis book is the first to explain FinFET modeling for IC simulation and the industry standard – BSIM-CMG - describing the rush in demand for advancing the technology from planar to 3D architecture, as now enabled by the approved industry standard. The book gives a strong foundation on the physics and operation of FinFET, details aspects of the BSIM-CMG model such as surface potential, charge and current calculations, and includes a dedicated chapter on parameter extraction procedures, providing a step-by-step approach for the efficient extraction of model parameters.

KEY FEATURES
  • Learn how to do FinFET modeling using the BSIM-CMG standard from the experts
  • Authored by the lead inventor and developer of FinFET, and developers of the BSIM-CMG standard model, providing an experts’ insight into the specifications of the standard
  • The first book on the industry-standard FinFET model - BSIM-CMG
With this book you will learn:
  • Why you should use FinFET
  • The physics and operation of FinFET
  • Details of the FinFET standard model (BSIM-CMG)
  • Parameter extraction in BSIM-CMG
  • FinFET circuit design and simulation
READ MORE:
​http://store.elsevier.com/product.jsp?isbn=9780124200319
http://www.amazon.com/FinFET-Modeling-IC-Simulation-Design/dp/0124200311
http://www.amazon.in/FinFET-Modeling-IC-Simulation-Design/dp/0124200311