The Meyer model revisited: why is charge not conserved? (MOS transistor)
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
- Vol. 8 (10) , 1033-1037
- https://doi.org/10.1109/43.39064
Abstract
A new approach to computer simulation of capacitance effects in MOS transistors is presented. It is shown that charge nonconservation is the result of faulty mathematical modeling of the capacitive nonlinearities in the SPICE circuit simulator and is not intrinsic to any specific charge or capacitance model. The correct mathematical model is described. The results of computer simulations using the Meyer capacitance model, which conserves charge, are given for some test circuitsKeywords
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