Testing BSIM-IMG Model Quality
01 Jan 2019-pp 125-143
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors rigorously test the BSIM-IMG model quality by performing several tests and conclude that the model performs reasonably well under different types of simulation environments.
Abstract: A compact model has to fulfill several criteria to qualify as an industry standard model. In addition to accurate modeling of the real device physics, it is equally important for a model to behave reasonably well under different types of simulation environment. In this chapter, we rigorously test the BSIM-IMG model quality by performing several tests.
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