We present here and in Part I a general framework for the modeling of semiconductor device variability through the physics-based analysis of the small-change sensitivity. While Part I focuses on the sensitivity of the device terminal currents in periodic large-signal (LS) operation, we extend here the analysis to the linearized device representations, i.e., to the sensitivity of the small-signal (SS) admittance matrix (SS sensitivity) and the conversion admittance matrix (SS-LS sensitivity). The proposed technique is based on the linearization of a physical device model around a nominal process parameter, and on the evaluation of relevant Green's functions linking the parameter variations to the terminal performance. This provides, for the first time, a unified and computationally efficient simulation framework for the device physics-based sensitivity in dc, SS, LS, and SS-LS conditions. To highlight the accuracy of the approach when compared with the incremental evaluation, we discuss two case studies, concerning the SS-LS sensitivity of a class A GaAs MESFET-based amplifier and the SS sensitivity of an AlGaN/GaN microwave HEMT.
A Unified Approach to the Sensitivity and Variability Physics-Based Modeling of Semiconductor Devices Operated in Dynamic Conditions. Part II - Small-Signal and Conversion Matrix Sensitivity / DONATI GUERRIERI, Simona; Bonani, Fabrizio; Bertazzi, Francesco; Ghione, Giovanni. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES. - ISSN 0018-9383. - STAMPA. - 63:3(2016), pp. 1202-1208. [10.1109/TED.2016.2517450]
A Unified Approach to the Sensitivity and Variability Physics-Based Modeling of Semiconductor Devices Operated in Dynamic Conditions. Part II - Small-Signal and Conversion Matrix Sensitivity
DONATI GUERRIERI, Simona;BONANI, Fabrizio;BERTAZZI, FRANCESCO;GHIONE, GIOVANNI
2016
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We present here and in Part I a general framework for the modeling of semiconductor device variability through the physics-based analysis of the small-change sensitivity. While Part I focuses on the sensitivity of the device terminal currents in periodic large-signal (LS) operation, we extend here the analysis to the linearized device representations, i.e., to the sensitivity of the small-signal (SS) admittance matrix (SS sensitivity) and the conversion admittance matrix (SS-LS sensitivity). The proposed technique is based on the linearization of a physical device model around a nominal process parameter, and on the evaluation of relevant Green's functions linking the parameter variations to the terminal performance. This provides, for the first time, a unified and computationally efficient simulation framework for the device physics-based sensitivity in dc, SS, LS, and SS-LS conditions. To highlight the accuracy of the approach when compared with the incremental evaluation, we discuss two case studies, concerning the SS-LS sensitivity of a class A GaAs MESFET-based amplifier and the SS sensitivity of an AlGaN/GaN microwave HEMT.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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