Suppose for a transistor finger width is 'fw', length is 'L', Number of fingers is 'nf' & Multiplier is also 'm',
When we write sigmaVt = Avt/sqrt(WL), What is W ?
Is W=fw or W=m*nf*fw or W=nf*fw ?
It will be helpful if someone can clarify this...
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Tim Edwards
08/16/2024, 2:27 PM
For BSIM models,
W
always equals total width of all fingers (
W=nf*fw
) not counting any multplier
M
.
The multiplier is harder to deal with and implementation can differ by foundry. The underlying problem is that
M
is treated differently from other parameters by ngspice and cannot be used inside model equations. The most common method I've seen (which is done in sky130, for example) is to create a "shadow" parameter called, say,
mult
, which is always set to the same value as `M`; then the model equation for area becomes
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