This thesis examines substrate noise coupling for NMOS transistors in
heavily doped substrates. The study begins with the analysis of an NMOS transistor
switching noise in a digital inverter at the device level. A resistive substrate
network for the NMOS transistor is proposed and verified. Coupling between N+-
P+ contacts is compared both qualitatively and quantitatively with simulations. The
difference between the N-P and P-P coupling is in the cross-coupling parameter. A
new N-P model, which requires only five parameters, is proposed by taking
advantage of an existing P-P model combined with the concept of a virtual
separation. This model has been validated up to 2GHz with Medici simulations.
The virtual separation concept has been validated with 2D/3D simulations and
measurements from test structures fabricated in a 0.35μm TSMC CMOS heavily
doped process. This model is useful when transistor switching noise is the
dominant source of substrate noise. Applications of the new N-P model are
demonstrated with circuit simulations. / Graduation date: 2004
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/30203 |
| Date | 12 January 2004 |
| Creators | Hsu, Shu-ching |
| Contributors | Mayaram, Kartikeya, Fiez, Terri S. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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