关于ASM-HEMT RF模型
ASM-HEMT是指用于氮化镓高迁移率电子晶体管的先进SPICE模型。该模型于2018年由紧凑模型委员会(CMC)进行了标准化。
ASM-HEMT模型涵盖了氮化镓器件在射频(RF)和功率电子应用中的应用。模型手册提供了模型方程和模型参数的详细描述。
注意:
- 第一个模型发布的Verilog-A代码和手册(版本号为101.0.0)可在以下网站上获得:http://iitk.ac.in/asm/。
- 最新的发布版本和测试版本可通过CMC会员门户网站供CMC会员使用。
- 非CMC会员可以在官方发布后的18个月后申请获取最新版本的模型。请访问https://si2.org/cmc/获取有关如何申请模型的信息。
ASM-HEMT模型基础
ASM-HEMT模型捕捉了GaN器件的各个方面:
- 直流电流(ID和IG)
- CV(固有和外延电容)
- 噪声(闪烁和热噪声)
- 陷阱效应
- 环境温度影响
- 自加热效应
- 可配置的场板模型
图1显示了模型如何计算电流和电荷的高级概述。该模型是基于物理的表面电势模型,包括各种物理效应,如速度饱和、接触区电阻效应、漏结诱导势垒降低(DIBL)温度依赖性以及门电流和噪声模型。
图1: ASM-HEMT概述(由Khandelwal教授提供)
图2:ASM-HEMT核心和真实设备效果(由Khandelwal教授提供)
关于ASM-HEMT模型,已有详尽的文献。官方型号手册可以从这里下载。
关于模型方程的更多细节和背景,以下是出版时已知的文章列表。
ASM-HEMT参考文献
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ASM-HEMT 101.2参数表
以下参数是在ASM-HEMT 101.2手册1中发布的,并作为方便起见提供如下。
有关模型实现的详细信息,请参考该手册和Verilog-A代码。
- “AMSHEMT_1011.2.0技术手册”,Sourabh Khandelwal,Jason Hodges和Nikhil Reddy,澳大利亚悉尼麦考瑞大学。
实例参数
名称 | 单位 | 默认值 | 最小值 | 最大值 | 描述 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
L | m | 0.25e-6 | 20e-9 | ∞ | 设计的栅极长度 |
W | m | 200e-6 | 20e-9 | ∞ | 设计的栅极宽度 |
NF | - | 1 | 1 | ∞ | 栅极指数 |
SHMOD | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 自热模型控制器,0-关闭自热模型 1-打开自热模型 |
DFPL | m | 1e-6 | 0 | ∞ | 漏极-栅极接入区域长度 |
NGCON | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 栅极接触数 |
DTEMP | 0 | -∞ | ∞ | 温度可变参数 |
处理参数
名称 | 单位 | 默认值 | 最小值 | 最大值 | 描述 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
TNOM | °C | 27 | - | - | 常规温度 |
TBAR | m | 2.5e-8 | 0.1e-9 | ∞ | AlGaN 层厚度 |
L | m | 0.25e-6 | 20e-9 | ∞ | 设计栅极长度 |
W | m | 200e-6 | 20e-9 | ∞ | 设计栅极宽度 |
NF | - | 1 | 1 | ∞ | 栅极指数 |
LSG | m | 1e-6 | 0 | ∞ | 源-栅极接入区长度 |
LDG | m | 1e-6 | 0 | ∞ | 漏-栅极接入区长度 |
EPSILON | F/m | 10.66e-11 | 0 | ∞ | AlGaN 层介电常数 |
GAMMA0I | - | 2.120e-12 | 0 | 1 | 量子力学-泊松求解变量 |
GAMMA1I | - | 3.73e-12 | 0 | 1 | 量子力学-泊松求解变量 |