Deep sub-micron ESD GGNMOS layout design and optimization

ESD Protection Design Methodology in Deep Sub-micron CMOS Technologies

Process and Layout Dependent Substrate Resistance Modeling for Deep Sub-Micron ESD Protection Devices

This paper demonstrates a new methodology for bringing accurate substrate resistance modeling into circuit level ESD simulation. The impact of layout and process variations on the effective substrate resistance of deep sub-micron ESD devices is analyzed and modeled using a quasi mixed-mode approach. The substrate resistance simulated by this method shows good agreement with the values extracted...

Sub-continuum Thermal Simulations of Deep Sub-Micron Devices under ESD Conditions

The decreasing dimensions of IC devices is rendering the heat diffusion equation highly inaccurate for simulations of electrostatic discharge (ESD) phenomena. As dimensions of the heated region in the device are reduced far below 200 nm, neglecting the ballistic, sub-continuum nature of phonon conduction in the silicon lattice can strongly underpredict the temperature rise. This work integrates...

Interconnect modeling and optimization in deep sub-micron technologies

Interconnect will be a major bottleneck for deep sub-micron technologies in the years to come. This dissertation addresses the communication aspect from a power consumption and transmission speed perspective. A model for the energy consumption associated with data transmission through deep sub-micron technology buses is derived. The capacitive and inductive coupling between the bus lines as wel...

Novel gate and substrate triggering techniques for deep sub-micron ESD protection devices

As technology feature size is reduced, ESD becomes the dominant failure mode due to lower gate oxide breakdown voltage. In this paper, the effectiveness of new gate and substrate triggering techniques has been investigated to lower the trigger voltage of the LVTSCR and MOSFET based ESD protection circuits using 2D simulations and HBM/TLP measurements. The simulation results show that the using ...