EE681 Compact Modeling

Assignment Date: 05-01-2015

Assignment 1
Instructor: Yogesh Singh Chauhan

Due Date: No submission

Note:
1. Prepare SPICE netlist for all the simulations.
2. Perform SPICE simulations in HSpice or Spectre.
3. No need to submit.
Problem 1
For the circuit given in figure 1,

Figure 1: Problem1
(a) Simulate and print value of Vo , when R1 = 5 and R2 = 5.
(b) Plot Vo , when R2 is swept from 0 to 100 .
(c) Find Thevenins equivalent of the circuit, simulate it and print value of Vo .
Problem 2
For the circuit given in figure 2,
(a) Simulate and print voltages at node 1 and 2.
(b) Plot current passing through each resistor when VDD is swept from 5V to 10V.
Problem 3
Simulate and plot Vo and transfer function, when frequency is swept from 1Hz to 1MHz and Vi = 50
for the circuit given in figure 3.

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Figure 2: Problem2

Figure 3: Problem3
Problem 4
Simulate and plot vx and ix for the circuit given in figure 4 when
(a) I1 is swept from 1A to 10A.
(b) I1 and I2 are swept together from 1A to 10A.
Problem 5
Print v3 in the circuit given in figure 5 if element A is
(a) a short circuit.
(b) a 9V independent voltage source, with positive reference on the left.
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Figure 4: Problem4

Figure 5: Problem5
(c) a dependent current source, arrow head on the left, labeled 5i1 .
(d) dependent current source, arrow head on the left labeled 25i21 /i2 .
Problem 6
The circuit shown in figure 6 contains two inductors in parallel, thus providing the opportunity of
a trapped current circulating around the inductive loop. Let i1 (0 )=10A and i2 (0 )=20A.
(a) Print i1 (0+ ), i2 (0+ ) and i(0+ ).
(b) Determine the time constant for i(t).

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(c) Plot i1 (t), i2 (t) and v(t) for 0 t 1s.

Figure 6: Problem6
Problem 7
Plot I1 , I2 and I3 when Vi is swept from -10 to 10V in steps of 0.1V for the circuit given in figure 7.

Figure 7: Problem7

Problem 8
For an nMOSFET with W = L = 10m, VT H = 1V and T OX = 5nm, plot
(a) IDS and gm vs. VGS (0 to 3V) for VBS = 2, 1, 0, 0.5V , when VDS = 100mV
(b) IDS and gm vs. VGS (0 to 3V) for VDS = 0.1 0.5V in steps of 0.1V , when VBS = 0V
(c) Plot IDS and gds vs. VDS (0 to 3V) for VGS = 1 5V in steps of 1V .
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