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Contents
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1. Introduction
2. Circuit Equations
2.1 Nodal Approach
2.2 Modified Nodal Approach
2.3 Constitutive Relation Formulation
2.3.1 Thermal Simulation
2.3.2 Time Discretization
2.3.3 Devices
3. Device Equations
3.1 Sets of Partial Differential Equations
3.1.1 The Basic Semiconductor Equations
3.1.2 The Drift-Diffusion Transport Model
3.1.3 The Hydrodynamic Transport Model
3.1.4 The Lattice Heat Flow Equation
3.1.5 The Constant Quasi-Fermi Potential Approximation
3.2 Physical Parameters
3.2.1 Mobility Model
3.2.2 Energy Relaxation Time
3.2.3 Consistent Physical Parameters
3.2.4 Velocity Overshoot
3.2.5 Low-Field Mobility Reconsidered
3.3 Examples
3.3.1 Homogeneous Semiconductor
3.3.2 Gummel's Pentagon
3.3.3 NMOS Transistors
3.3.4 PMOS Transistor
4. Simulator Coupling
4.1 The Two-Level Newton Algorithm
4.1.1 Calculation of Conductances
4.1.2 Modified Two-Level Newton Algorithm
4.2 The Quasi Full-Newton Algorithm
4.3 The Full-Newton Algorithm
5. Contacts and Boundaries
5.1 Quantities, Segments, Boundaries, and Interfaces
5.2 Equation Assembly
5.3 Interfaces
5.3.1 Neumann Type (Explicit Flux)
5.3.2 Dirichlet Type (Implicit Flux)
5.4 Boundaries
5.4.1 Neumann Type
5.4.2 Dirichlet Type
5.5 Contact Model
5.6 Contact Voltage Variable
5.7 Example
5.8 Mixed-Mode
5.9 Thermal Simulation
6. Convergence and Damping
6.1 Device Equation Damping Schemes
6.2 Circuit Equation Damping Schemes
6.2.1 Source Stepping
6.2.2 Pseudo-Transient Method
6.2.3 Global Damping Strategy
6.2.4 Local Limiting
6.2.5 The New Method
6.3 Examples
6.3.1 Output Stage of an OpAmp
6.3.2 CML Inverter
6.3.3 CMOS Inverter
7. Simulation Results
7.1 Devices
7.1.1 MOS Transistors
7.1.2 Silicon-Germanium HBT
7.2 Five-Stage CMOS Ring Oscillator
7.3 Five-Stage CML Ring Oscillator
7.4 Thermal Analysis of an Emitter-Coupled Pair
7.5 Complete OpAmp A709
8. Outlook
A. Thermal Equivalents
B. Device Model Implementation
B1. The Class MmxDevice
B2. Real Device Classes
C. Overview of the Input Deck Programming Language
D. Iteration Schemes in MINIMOS-NT
D1. Iteration Blocks
D1.1 Equations and Quantities
D1.2 Termination Criterion
D1.3 Failure Criterion
D1.4 Enter Criterion
D1.5 Damping Scheme
D1.6 Full versus Partial System Matrix
Bibliography
Tibor Grasser
1999-05-31