Semiconductor Modeling

Part 1:. Introduction

1. How the Workplace Supports Successful Design

2. Introduction to Modeling Concepts

Part 2:. Generating Models

3. Model Properties Derived from Device Physics Theory

4. Measuring Model Properties in the Laboratory

5. Using Statistical Data to Characterize Component Populations

Part 3:. Selecting Components and Their Models

6. Using Selection Guides to Compare and Contrast Components

7. Using Data Sheets to Compare and Contrast Components

8. Selecting the Best Model for a Simulation

9. Modeling and Simulation in the Design Process Flow

Part 4:. About the IBIS Model

10. Key Concepts of the IBIS Specification

11. Using IBIS Models in What-If Simulations

12. Fixing Errors and Omissions in IBIS Models

13. Using EDA Tools to Create and Validate IBIS Models from Spice

Part 5:. Managing Models

14. Sources of IBIS Models

15. Working with the Model Library

Part 6:. Model Accuracy and Verification

16. Methodology for Verifying Models

17. Verifying Model Accuracy by Using Laboratory Measurements

18. Balancing Accuracy Against Practicality When Correlating Simulation Results

19. Deriving an Equation-Based Model from a Macromodel

Part 7:. Future Directions in Modeling

20. The Challenge to Ibis

21. Feedback to the Model Provider Improves Model Accuracy

22. Future Trends in Modeling

23. Using Probability: The Ultimate Future of Simulation

Keywords: Engineering, Circuits and Systems, Computer-Aided Engineering (CAD, CAE) and Design, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation, Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering, Electronic and Computer Engineering