Compact MOSFET Models for VLSI Design

Acknowledgements

I express my gratitude for the grace and blessings I received from my mentors, academic and spiritual, but for whom I could not have overcome many insurmountable roadblocks which came on the way since the project of writing a book on compact models for VLSI design was launched at the University of Goa, about five years ago. Prof. B. S. Sonde and Prof. P. R. Sarode provided the initial support. The author initiated an academic program where the compact MOSFET model, albeit in a small way, formed the nucleus of the concept of bringing different categories of MOSFET models as a part of the curriculum. At a later stage, MOSFET compact model related topics formed the course content at the Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University (JIITU), NOIDA (India), both at the undergraduate and the postgraduate level. The author records his appreciation for Gajanan Dessai, for useful interaction as a student, having participated in model related courses delivered by the author both at Goa University and at JIITU. His involvement later transcended beyond the classroom assignments. His contribution in Chapter 7 is specially acknowledged. He was also associated with the implementation of simulations for the text and the solution manual. The following students of JIITU made supporting contributions for the solution manual: Umang Sah, Parul Gupta, Ankur Srivastava, Yashshri Negi, Kirminder Singh, Saurabh Chaturvedi, Nishant Chandra, and Apoorva Yati. No less has been the ...