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ESE370:
Circuit-Level
Modeling, Design, and Optimization
for Digital Systems
Day 9: September 27, 2010
MOS Transistor Basics
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• MOS Transistor Topology
• Threshold
• Operating Regions
– Resistive
– Saturation
– Velocity Saturation
– Subthreshold
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Last Time
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Refinement
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Body Contact
• Fourth terminal
• Also effects fields
• Usually common across transistors
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No Field
• VGS=0, VDS=0
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Apply VGS>0
• Accumulate negative charge
– Repel Holes
++++++++
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Inversion
• Surface builds electrons
– Inverts to n-type
– Draws electrons from n+ source
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Threshold
• Voltage where strong inversion occurs
N A 
 threshold voltage



ln
 
F
T
– Around 2ϕF
 ni 
– Engineer by controlling doping (NA)

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Resistive Region
COX 
• VGS>VT, VDS small
OX
tOX

IDS
2 
W 
VDS
 nCOX  VGS VT VDS 

 L 
2 
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Resistive Region
COX 
• VGS>VT, VDS small
OX
tOX
• VGS fixed  looks like resistor
– Current linear in VDS

IDS
2 
W 
VDS
 nCOX  VGS VT VDS 

 L 
2 
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Linear or Resistive Region
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Dimensions
• Channel Length (L)
• Channel Width (W)
• Oxide Thickness (Tox)
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Transistor Strength (W/L)
COX 
OX
tOX
IDS
2 
W 
VDS
 nCOX  VGS VT VDS 

 L 
2 
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D
S
D
Transistor Strength (W/L)
• Shape dependence match Resistance
intuition
R
– Wider = parallel resistors  decrease R
– Longer = series resistors  increase R
IDS

L
2 
W 
VDS
 nCOX  VGS VT VDS 

 L  
2 
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Ldrawn vs. Leffective
• Doping not perfectly straight
• Spreads under gate
• Effective L smaller than draw gate width
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Channel Voltage
• Voltage varies along channel
• If think of channel as resistor
– Serving as a voltage divider between VS
and VD
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Channel Field
• When voltage gap VG-Vxdrops below VT,
drops out of inversion
– Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VT
– Channel is “pinched off”
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Pinch Off
• When voltage drops below VT, drops
out of inversion
– Occurs when: VGS-VDS< VT
• Conclusion:
– current cannot increase with VDS once
VDS> VGS-VT
– current must adjust so that VDS= VGS-VT
– If current dropped to zero, then would
invert and conduct again…
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
Saturation
• In saturation, VDS= VGS-VT
IDS
2 
W 
VDS
 nCOX  VGS VT VDS 

 L 
2 
• Becomes:
IDS
2 

VGS  VT 
W 
2


 n COX  VGS  VT  
 L 
2



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Saturation
• VDS> VGS-VT
IDS
2 

VGS  VT 
W 
2


 n COX  VGS  VT  
 L 
2



IDS 

n COX W 
2
  VGS  VT 
 L 
2

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Saturation Region
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Short Channel
S
• Model assumes carrier velocity
increases with field
– Increases with voltage
• There is a limit to how fast carriers can
move
– Limited by scattering to 105m/s
• Encounter when channel short
– Field = VDS/L
– Modern processes, L is short enough
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D
Velocity Saturation
• Once velocity saturates:
IDS

VDSAT 
  satCOX W VGS  VT 


2 

VDSAT 
L sat
n
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Velocity Saturation
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Below Threshold
• Transition from insulating to conducting
is non-linear, but not abrupt
• Current does flow
– But exponentially dependent on VGS
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Subthreshold
IDS
W 
 IS  e
 L 
 VGS 


nkT / q 
 VDS 

kT / q 
1  e  1 VDS 


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Subthreshold
S
• W/L dependence follow from resistor
behavior (parallel, series)
– Not shown explicitly in text
• λ is a channel width modulation effect
IDS
W 
 IS  e
 L 
 VGS 


nkT
/
q


 VDS 

kT / q 
1  e  1 VDS 


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Subthreshold Slope
• Exponent in VGS determines how steep
the turnoff is
kT 
– Every S Volts
S  n ln 10
– Divide IDS by 10
 q 
IDS
W 
 IS  e
 L 
 VGS 


nkT
/
q


 VDS 

kT / q 

1 V 
1

e

DS



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Subthreshold
Slope
• Exponent in VGS determines how steep the
turnoff is
– Every S Volts
– Divide IDS by 10
kT 
S  n ln 10
 q 
• n – depends on electrostatics
– n=1  S=60mV at Room Temp. (ideal)
– n=1.5  S=90mV 
– Single gate structure showing S=90-110mV
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IDS vs. VGS
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Admin
• Text 3.3.2 – highly recommend read
• HW3 out
• Andre office hours
– Some chance Dental appt. overrun
tomorrow’s office hours
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Big Idea
• 3 Regions of
operation for
MOSFET
– Subthreshold
– Resistive
– Saturation
• Pinch Off
• Velocity Saturation
– Short channel
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