Charge-based model for symmetric double-gate MOSFETs with inclusion of channel doping effect

This paper presents a unified charge-based model for symmetric double-gate (DG) MOSFETs with a wide range of channel doping concentrations. From one dimensional (1D) Poisson-Boltzmann equation in the DG MOSFET structure, an accurate inversion charge model is proposed, which predicts the inversion charge density precisely from weak inversion, through moderate inversion and finally to strong inversion region for both heavily doped and lightly doped condition. Based on that, the unified drain current model is developed from Pao-Sah's dual integral. The unified terminal charge and trans-capacitance models are derived out from Ward and Dutton's linear-charge-partition scheme. Extensive numerical simulations are performed on DG MOSFETs to verify the unified charge-based models and good agreements between them are obtained, proving the validity of the proposed model for further circuit simulation. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.