Day 10: September 26, 2012 MOS Transistor Basics ESE370: Circuit-Level Modeling, Design, and Optimization for Digital Systems Day 10: September 26, 2012 MOS Transistor Basics Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Today MOS Transistor Topology Threshold Operating Regions Resistive Saturation Velocity Saturation Subthreshold Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Last Time Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Refinement Depletion region excess carriers depleted Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Body Contact Fourth terminal Also effects fields Usually common across transistors Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
No Field VGS=0, VDS=0 Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Apply VGS>0 Accumulate negative charge Repel holes (fill holes) + + + + + + + + - - - - - - - - - Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Evolution Increasing Vgs Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Gate Capacitance Changes based on operating region. Happy if you treat as parallel plate Capacitor for HW4. Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Inversion Surface builds electrons Inverts to n-type Draws electrons from n+ source Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Threshold Voltage where strong inversion occurs threshold voltage Around 2ϕF Engineer by controlling doping (NA) Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Resistive Region VGS>VT, VDS small Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Resistive Region VGS>VT, VDS small VGS fixed looks like resistor Current linear in VDS Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Linear (Resistive) Region Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Linear (Resistive) Region Blue curve marks transition from Linear to Saturation Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Dimensions Channel Length (L) Channel Width (W) Oxide Thickness (Tox) Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Preclass Ids for identical transistors in parallel? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Preclass Ids for identical transistors in series? (Vds small) Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Transistor Strength (W/L) D Transistor Strength (W/L) Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Transistor Strength (W/L) D Transistor Strength (W/L) Shape dependence match Resistance intuition Wider = parallel resistors decrease R Longer = series resistors increase R Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Ldrawn vs. Leffective Doping not perfectly straight Spreads under gate Effective L smaller than draw gate width Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Voltage Voltage varies along channel Think of channel as resistor Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Preclass 2 What is voltage in the middle of a resistive medium? (halfway between terminals) Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Voltage in Channel Think of channel as resistive medium Length = L Area = Width * Depth(inversion) What is voltage in the middle of the channel? L/2 from S and D ? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Voltage Voltage varies along channel If think of channel as resistor Serves as a voltage divider between VS and VD Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Impact on Inversion What happens when What is Vmiddle-Vs? Vgs=2Vth ? Vds=2Vth? What is Vmiddle-Vs? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Field When voltage gap VG-Vxdrops below VTH, drops out of inversion Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VTH What does this mean about conduction? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Preclass 3 What is Vm? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Field When voltage gap VG-Vxdrops below VT, drops out of inversion Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VT What is voltage at Vmiddle if conduction stops? What does that mean about conduction? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Contradiction? Vg-Vx < Vt cutoff (no current) No current Vg-Vx=Vgs Vg-Vx=Vgs > Vt current flows Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Way out? Vg-Vx < Vt cutoff (no current) No current Vg-Vx=Vgs Vg-Vx=Vgs > Vt current flows Act like Vds at Vgs-Vt Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Field When voltage gap VG-Vxdrops below VT, drops out of inversion Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VT Channel is “pinched off” Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Channel Field When voltage gap VG-Vxdrops below VT, drops out of inversion Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VT Channel is “pinched off” Current will flow, but cannot increase any further Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Pinch Off When voltage drops below VT, drops out of inversion Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VT Conclusion: current cannot increase with VDS once VDS> VGS-VT Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Saturation In saturation, VDS-effecitve=Vx= VGS-VT Becomes: Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Saturation VDS> VGS-VT Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Saturation Region Blue curve marks transition from Linear to Saturation Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Preclass 3 What is electrical field in channel? Velocity: v=F*μ Leff=25nm, VDS=1V Field = VDS/L Velocity: v=F*μ Electron mobility: μn = 500 cm2/V What is electron velocity? Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Short Channel Model assumes carrier velocity increases with field Increases with voltage There is a limit to how fast carriers can move Limited by scattering to 105m/s How relate to preclass 3 velocity? Encounter when channel short Modern processes, L is short enough Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Velocity Saturation Once velocity saturates: Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Velocity Saturation Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Below Threshold Transition from insulating to conducting is non-linear, but not abrupt Current does flow But exponentially dependent on VGS Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Subthreshold Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Subthreshold S D W/L dependence follow from resistor behavior (parallel, series) Not shown explicitly in text λ is a channel width modulation effect Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Subthreshold Slope Exponent in VGS determines how steep the turnoff is Every S Volts Divide IDS by 10 Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Subthreshold Slope Exponent in VGS determines how steep the turnoff is Every S Volts (S not related to source) Divide IDS by 10 n – depends on electrostatics n=1 S=60mV at Room Temp. (ideal) n=1.5 S=90mV Single gate structure showing S=90-110mV Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
IDS vs. VGS Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Admin Text 3.3.2 – highly recommend read HW3 due Thursday HW4 out Second half on Friday HW3 due Thursday HW4 out Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon
Big Idea 3 Regions of operation for MOSFET Subthreshold Resistive Saturation Pinch Off Velocity Saturation Short channel Penn ESE370 Fall2012 -- DeHon