A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design

This paper proposes a physical charge-based analytical MOSFET threshold voltage model that explicitly incorporates interface-trapped charges which have been identified as playing a dominant role in defining threshold voltage trends in deep cryogenic temperatures. The model retains standard threshold...

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Main Authors: Hao Su, Yiyuan Cai, Shenghua Zhou, Guangchong Hu, Yu He, Yunfeng Xie, Yuhuan Lin, Chunhui Li, Tianqi Zhao, Jun Lan, Wenhui Wang, Wenxin Li, Feichi Zhou, Xiaoguang Liu, Longyang Lin, Yida Li, Hongyu Yu, Kai Chen
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Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10416243/
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author Hao Su
Yiyuan Cai
Shenghua Zhou
Guangchong Hu
Yu He
Yunfeng Xie
Yuhuan Lin
Chunhui Li
Tianqi Zhao
Jun Lan
Wenhui Wang
Wenxin Li
Feichi Zhou
Xiaoguang Liu
Longyang Lin
Yida Li
Hongyu Yu
Kai Chen
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Yiyuan Cai
Shenghua Zhou
Guangchong Hu
Yu He
Yunfeng Xie
Yuhuan Lin
Chunhui Li
Tianqi Zhao
Jun Lan
Wenhui Wang
Wenxin Li
Feichi Zhou
Xiaoguang Liu
Longyang Lin
Yida Li
Hongyu Yu
Kai Chen
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description This paper proposes a physical charge-based analytical MOSFET threshold voltage model that explicitly incorporates interface-trapped charges which have been identified as playing a dominant role in defining threshold voltage trends in deep cryogenic temperatures. The model retains standard threshold voltage definition by various charges across the MOSFET capacitor while being analytical in its form, therefore, suitable for cryogenic CMOS VLSI design. Consequently, a model covering each and all above characteristics is proposed for the first time. Excellent fit between the model and measurement data from 180-nm bulk foundry devices is shown from room temperature to 4 K.
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spelling doaj-art-daed3e0a200349689d0a22fad68b624a2025-01-29T00:00:36ZengIEEEIEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society2168-67342024-01-011285986710.1109/JEDS.2024.335966410416243A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS DesignHao Su0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2444-7128Yiyuan Cai1Shenghua Zhou2Guangchong Hu3Yu He4Yunfeng Xie5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1189-4321Yuhuan Lin6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5117-5893Chunhui Li7Tianqi Zhao8Jun Lan9https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4824-8243Wenhui Wang10https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0571-0912Wenxin Li11Feichi Zhou12Xiaoguang Liu13https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0935-3094Longyang Lin14https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4702-737XYida Li15https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5675-582XHongyu Yu16Kai Chen17School of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaIntegrated Circuits and Electronics Center, International Quantum Academy, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaShenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaSchool of Microelectronics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, ChinaThis paper proposes a physical charge-based analytical MOSFET threshold voltage model that explicitly incorporates interface-trapped charges which have been identified as playing a dominant role in defining threshold voltage trends in deep cryogenic temperatures. The model retains standard threshold voltage definition by various charges across the MOSFET capacitor while being analytical in its form, therefore, suitable for cryogenic CMOS VLSI design. Consequently, a model covering each and all above characteristics is proposed for the first time. Excellent fit between the model and measurement data from 180-nm bulk foundry devices is shown from room temperature to 4 K.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10416243/Bulk CMOSthreshold voltagecryogenicanalyticalcompactuniversal
spellingShingle Hao Su
Yiyuan Cai
Shenghua Zhou
Guangchong Hu
Yu He
Yunfeng Xie
Yuhuan Lin
Chunhui Li
Tianqi Zhao
Jun Lan
Wenhui Wang
Wenxin Li
Feichi Zhou
Xiaoguang Liu
Longyang Lin
Yida Li
Hongyu Yu
Kai Chen
A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design
IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society
Bulk CMOS
threshold voltage
cryogenic
analytical
compact
universal
title A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design
title_full A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design
title_fullStr A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design
title_full_unstemmed A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design
title_short A Physical Charge-Based Analytical Threshold Voltage Model for Cryogenic CMOS Design
title_sort physical charge based analytical threshold voltage model for cryogenic cmos design
topic Bulk CMOS
threshold voltage
cryogenic
analytical
compact
universal
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10416243/
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