Agilent Technologies Announces HiSIM_HV Model Extraction Package For IC-CAP
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced the release of the HiSIM_HV Model Extraction Package for advanced high voltage metal oxide semiconductor (HVMOS) device models. The package, for use with Agilent's Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP) software platform, provides an easy-to-use, efficient and customizable method for measuring and extracting accurate parameter values for the HiSIM_HV device model.
The HiSIM_HV device model, developed by Hiroshima University in Japan, is an industry-standard model for HVMOS devices used in a wide range of consumer products such as flat-panel display drivers, automotive electronics, RF power amplifiers, switches and power management applications. Earlier compact models, such as the BSIM4, were primarily developed for traditional symmetrical low-voltage complementary metal oxide semiconductor CMOS devices for digital applications. The HiSIM_HV model was designed for both symmetrical HVMOS and for asymmetrical laterally diffused MOS (LDMOS) devices used in RF power applications.
The HiSIM_HV model is based on the HiSIM2.4 compact device model for bulk CMOS devices. Unlike earlier compact CMOS models, both HiSIM models calculate current and charges based on the internal surface potential, for more accurate, smoother and continuous results. Continuous derivatives are essential for accurate RF modeling of intermodulation and power performance.
The HiSIM_HV model includes other typical high-voltage effects such as modeling drift region resistance, quasi-saturation effects and self-heating effects.
"The macro modeling HVMOS approach had fundamental limitations in simulation convergence and speed, and posed parameter extraction challenges," said Roberto Tinti, product manager with Agilent's EEsof EDA division. "The new HiSIM_HV model overcomes the technical challenges posed by the macro modeling approach and it also provides a solution which will be available as a standard model in most commercial circuit simulators."
IC-CAP provides a powerful open and flexible environment for measuring and extracting device models for a broad range of process technologies, including CMOS, HVMOS, BJT, HBT on silicon and compound semiconductors. The HiSIM_HV package -- the latest in Agilent's series of IC-CAP Device Model Extraction Packages -- gives designers the ability to automatically generate a complete device model or adapt the package to meet specific modeling needs.
In addition to the HiSIM_HV model, the IC-CAP device modeling software platform enables the extraction of other HVMOS device models. Examples include macro models based on BSIM3 or BSIM4 sub-circuits and the popular Synopsys proprietary Level 66 model, which is available in HSPICE.
The HiSIM_HV Model Extraction Package provides direct links to Synopsys' HSPICE and Cadence's Spectre simulation software products.
About IC-CAP Software
Agilent IC-CAP software is a device-modeling program that delivers powerful characterization and analysis capabilities for today's semiconductor modeling processes. Providing efficient and accurate extraction of active device and circuit model parameters, IC-CAP performs numerous modeling tasks including instrument control, data acquisition, graphical analysis, simulation and optimization. It is used by semiconductor foundries and design houses to characterize foundry processes.
For more information about IC-CAP, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-iccap.
For more information about the Agilent HiSIM_HV Model Extraction Package, visit www.agilent.com/find/eesof-hisimhv. A high-resolution image of the HiSIM_HV Model Extraction Package for IC-CAP is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof_HiSimHV_images.
U.S. Pricing and Availability
The Agilent HiSIM_HV Model Extraction Package is an option with the IC-CAP 2008 Add-On 2 release. It is available now, with prices starting at approximately $22,000.
About Agilent EEsof EDA Software
Agilent EEsof EDA is an industry-leading provider of RF-mixed signal circuit and system-design software. The software is compatible with and is used to design the company's test and measurement equipment. Additional information about Agilent's EDA software is available at www.agilent.com/find/eesof.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is the world's premier measurement company and a technology leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The company's 20,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $5.4 billion in fiscal 2007. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
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