Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Topics n Derivation of transistor characteristics.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR MOSFET gate as capacitor n Basic structure of gate is parallel-plate capacitor: gate substrate SiO 2 x ox VgVg + -
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Parallel plate capacitance n Formula for parallel plate capacitance: C ox = ox / x ox n Permittivity of silicon: ox = 3.46 x F/cm 2 n Gate capacitance helps determine charge in channel which forms inversion region.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Threshold voltage Components of threshold voltage V t : n V fb = flatband voltage; depends on difference in work function between gate and substrate and on fixed surface charge. s = surface potential (about 2 f ). n Voltage on paralell plate capacitor. n Additional ion implantation.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Body effect n Reorganize threshold voltage equation: V t = V t0 + V t n Threshold voltage is a function of source/substrate voltage V sb. Body effect is the coefficienct for the V sb dependence factor.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Example: threshold voltage of a transistor V t0 = V fb + s + Q b /C ox + V II = V V + (1.4E-8/8.6E-7) V = 0.7 V Body effect n = sqrt(2q Si N A /C ox ) = 0.1 V t = n [sqrt( s + V sb ) - sqrt(V s )] = 0.05 V
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR More device parameters Process transconductance k’ = C ox. Device transconductance = k’W/L.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Channel length modulation length parameter describes small dependence of drain corrent on V ds in saturation. n Factor is measured empirically. n New drain current equation: –I d = 0.5k’ (W/L)(V gs - V t ) 2 (l - V ds ) n Equation has a discontinuity between linear and saturation regions---small enough to be ignored.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Gate voltage and the channel gate drainsource current IdId V ds < V gs - V t gate drainsource current IdId gate drainsource IdId V ds = V gs - V t V ds > V gs - V t
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Leakage and subthreshold current n A variety of leakage currents draw current away from the main logic path. n The subthreshold current is one particularly important type of leakage current.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Types of leakage current. n Weak inversion current (a.k.a. subthreshold current). n Reverse-biased pn junctions. n Drain-induced barrier lowering. n Gate-induced drain leakage; n Punchthrough currents. n Gate oxide tunneling. n Hot carriers.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Subthreshold current n Subthreshold current: –Isub = ke [(Vgs - Vt)/(S/ln 10)] [1-e -qVds/kT ] n Subthreshold slope S characterizes weak inversion current. n Subthreshold current is a function of V t. –Can adjust V t by changing the substrate bias to control leakage.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Thermal effects n Vicious cycle: –Leakage current causes heating. –Heating increases leakage current. n Thermal runaway: chip overheats due to leakage. n Subthreshold leakage current is most important temperature-dependent current. –8x-12x per 100°C.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Circuit simulation n Circuit simulators like Spice numerically solve device models and Kirchoff’s laws to determine time-domain circuit behavior. n Numerical solution allows more sophisticated models, non-functional (table- driven) models, etc.
Modern VLSI Design 4e: Chapter 2 Copyright 2009 Prentice Hall PTR Some (by no means all) Spice model parameters L, W : transistor length width. KP : transconductance. GAMMA : body bias factor. AS, AD : source/drain areas. CJSW : zero-bias sidewall capacitance. CGBO : zero-bias gate/bulk overlap capacitance.