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Introduction
MOS Capacitor
nMOS I-V Characteristics
pMOS I-V Characteristics
Gate and Diffusion Capacitance
- p-type body
– Accumulation
– Depletion (a)
depletion region
+
-
(b)
Vg > Vt
inversion region
+
- depletion region
(c)
+ +
– Vgs = Vg – Vs Vgs Vgd
- -
– Vgd = Vg – Vd
Vs Vd
-
– Vds = Vd – Vs = Vgs - Vgd Vds +
Source and drain are symmetric diffusion terminals
– By convention, source is terminal at lower voltage
– Hence Vds 0
nMOS body is grounded. First assume source is 0 too.
Three regions of operation
– Cutoff
– Linear
– Saturation
CMOS VLSI Design 4th Ed. 5
nMOS Cutoff
No channel
Ids ≈ 0
Vgs = 0 Vgd
+ g +
- -
s d
n+ n+
p-type body
b
Vgs > Vt
Vgs > Vgd > Vt
+ g +
- - Ids
s d
n+ n+
0 < Vds < Vgs-Vt
p-type body
b
Vgs > Vt
g Vgd < Vt
+ +
- -
s d Ids
n+ n+
Vds > Vgs-Vt
p-type body
b
0 Vgs Vt cutoff
Vds V V V
I ds Vgs Vt ds linear
2
ds dsat
Vgs Vt
2
Vds Vdsat saturation
2
Ids (mA)
Plot Ids vs. Vds 1
Vgs = 3
– Vgs = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 0.5
Vgs = 2
Vgs = 1
– Use W/L = 4/2 0
0 1 2 3 4 5
W 3.9 8.85 1014 W W Vds
Cox 350 8 120 μA/V 2
L 100 10 L L
Vgs = -3
Ids (mA)
-0.4
-0.6
n / p = 2
Vgs = -5
-0.8
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0
Vds
polysilicon
gate
W
tox
L SiO2 gate oxide
n+ n+ (good insulator, ox = 3.90)
p-type body