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Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation

by sykab <sara.catalao@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > May 2, 2008 at 02:16 PM

On 2 Maio, 21:30, Riad KACED <riad.ka...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Ohh Yes I see !
>
> Is the bulk of your MOS tied to the Source ?
> If not, your VTH will be strongly impacted by the Body Effect.
>
> Remember that the VTH equation is roughly given by :
>
> Vth = Vth0 + Gamma*{sqrt(abs(Vsb-2*PhiFs))-sqrt(abs(2*PhiFs))} with :
> Vth0 is the Th volltage at Vsb=0 (i,e Vsource tied to Vbulk)
> Gamma = The body effect factor
> Vsb = Source to Bulk voltage
> PhiFS = The Fermi Level stuff ... (never remember the name)
>
> So if Vsb = 0, then Vth = Vth0 otherwise Vth will be greater.
>
> You may to take this into account.
>
> This is a weak point of the NMOS compared to the P-one. Since the Pmos
> is drawn in an N-well, you can always tie the S-B nodes. But the NMOS
> is in the global substrate ...
> This could be solved if you process offers Deep-Nwells that can help
> in creating isolated Pwells.
>
> Other parameters like Well Proximity Effects (WPE), Shallow Trench
> Isolation (STI) Stress ... impact the value of the VTh but it is a
> third order impact ...
>
> Look at your MOs model do***entation (MM9, BSIM3, BSIM4 ...) for more
> details.
>
> i don't know what you're designing but in a case of diff pair for
> example, the current is fixed by the current source/mirror, the Diff-
> pair transistors will then adjust their VGS to match the current fixed
> by the source. The value of the VGS id of course dependent of your W/L
> ratio.
>
> Good luck anyway !
>
> Riad.

LOL!
That's what I'm doing, an opamp with a differential pair (to make part
of a current reference).
I tied the bulk of all nMOS to ground and the bulk of all pMOS to VCC.

Thanks
 




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Threshold Voltage Confirmation
sykab <sara.catalao@[E  2008-05-02 08:35:05 
Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation
Riad KACED <riad.kaced  2008-05-02 11:07:00 
Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation
sykab <sara.catalao@[E  2008-05-02 12:35:59 
Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation
Riad KACED <riad.kaced  2008-05-02 13:30:43 
Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation
sykab <sara.catalao@[E  2008-05-02 14:16:50 
Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation
Mobil <mobil787@[EMAIL  2008-05-03 05:30:28 
Re: Threshold Voltage Confirmation
Riad KACED <riad.kaced  2008-05-03 15:29:32 

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