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Compare and Contrast HiSIM-LDMOS and BSIM based compact model of High Voltage MOSFETs for Analog Applications

Young A., Hall J., Luo Z., Xiao Y., Connerney D., Fairchild Semiconductor, US

A pair of scalable spectre models, one utilizes the Surface Potential based HiSIM-LDMOS model, and the other, the conventional Vth-based BSIM3v3 model, were extracted based on a test vehicle designed with both Drain-Extended CMOS and [...]

Microsystems on their Way to Smart Systems

Heinze L., VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH, DE

This paper will deal with two core questions: 1. The evolution of Microsystems towards Smart Systems. 2. How will the development of Smart Systems influence the future of Microsystems Technologies (MST)? Overall from the development [...]

Convergence and Speed Issues in Analog HDL Model Formulation for MEMS

Iyer S., Jing Q., Fedder G.K., Mukherjee T., ECE Department, Carnegie Mellon University, US

Behavioral simulation using high-level hardware description languages (HDLs) is becoming increasingly relevant for mixed-domain MEMS simulation. In this paper three issues which impact the convergence and simulation time in MEMS behavioral simulations are addressed. First, [...]