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MacSweeney, D;McCarthy, KG;Mathewson, A;Mason, B
1998
September
IEEE Transactions On Electron Devices
A SPICE compatible subcircuit model for lateral bipolar transistors in a CMOS process
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This paper describes a SPICE compatible subcircuit model of a lateral pnp transistor, which was fabricated in a 0.6 mu m CMOS process. The extraction of a de parameter set for the lateral device is more complicated than for a vertical device because of the presence of two parasitic vertical bipolar transistors which are formed by the emitter/collector, the base and the substrate regions, The SPICE Gummel-Poon model does not predict the substrate current accurately. This paper proposes a method which involves the use of a subcircuit incorporating three SPICE Gummel-Poon models [representing one lateral and two parasitic vertical bipolar junction transistors (BJT's)]. The development of this model, its implementation and the results obtained are outlined and discussed. This circuit model is SPICE compatible and can thus be used in commercial simulators. The model provides good agreement over a wide range of measured de data including substrate current prediction.
NEW YORK
0018-9383
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