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Digital Integrated Circuits A Design Perspective. Jan M. Rabaey Anantha Chandrakasan Borivoje Nikolic. The Devices. July 30, 2002. Goal of this chapter. Present intuitive understanding of device operation Introduction of basic device equations Introduction of models for manual analysis
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Digital Integrated CircuitsA Design Perspective Jan M. Rabaey Anantha Chandrakasan Borivoje Nikolic The Devices July 30, 2002
Goal of this chapter • Present intuitive understanding of device operation • Introduction of basic device equations • Introduction of models for manual analysis • Introduction of models for SPICE simulation • Analysis of secondary and deep-sub-micron effects • Future trends
B A Al SiO 2 p n Cross-section of pn -junction in an IC process A Al A p n B B One-dimensional representation diode symbol The Diode Mostly occurring as parasitic element in Digital ICs
Forward Bias Typically avoided in Digital ICs
Reverse Bias The Dominant Operation Mode
|V | GS A Switch! An MOS Transistor What is a Transistor?
The MOS Transistor Polysilicon Aluminum
MOS Transistors -Types and Symbols D D G G S S Depletion NMOS Enhancement NMOS D D G G B S S NMOS with PMOS Enhancement Bulk Contact
Pinch-off Transistor in Saturation
-4 x 10 6 VGS= 2.5 V 5 Resistive Saturation 4 VGS= 2.0 V Quadratic Relationship (A) 3 VDS = VGS - VT D I 2 VGS= 1.5 V 1 VGS= 1.0 V 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 V (V) DS Current-Voltage RelationsA good ol’ transistor
-4 x 10 2.5 VGS= 2.5 V Early Saturation 2 VGS= 2.0 V 1.5 Linear Relationship (A) D I VGS= 1.5 V 1 VGS= 1.0 V 0.5 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 V (V) DS Current-Voltage RelationsThe Deep-Submicron Era
5 u = 10 sat ) s / m ( n u x = 1.5 x (V/µm) c Velocity Saturation Constant velocity Constant mobility (slope = µ)
Perspective I D Long-channel device V = V GS DD Short-channel device V V - V V DSAT GS T DS
-4 -4 x 10 x 10 2.5 6 VGS= 2.5 V VGS= 2.5 V 5 2 Resistive Saturation VGS= 2.0 V 4 VGS= 2.0 V 1.5 (A) (A) 3 D D VDS = VGS - VT I I VGS= 1.5 V 1 2 VGS= 1.5 V VGS= 1.0 V 0.5 1 VGS= 1.0 V 0 0 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 V (V) V (V) DS DS ID versus VDS Long Channel Short Channel
G S D B A unified modelfor manual analysis
The Sub-Micron MOS Transistor • Threshold Variations • Subthreshold Conduction • Parasitic Resistances
V V T T Threshold Variations Low V threshold Long-channel threshold DS VDS L Threshold as a function of Drain-induced barrier lowering the length (for low V ) (for low L ) DS
The MOS Transistor Polysilicon Aluminum