MOSFET: Subthreshold Operation Professor Paul Hasler
MOSFET Channel Picture
MOS Capacitor Picture
MOSFET Channel Picture
Calculation of Drain Current
No recombination dx nd DnDn n dn qDJ l nn drainsource n 0 l varies as V G n = Ax + B RG dx nd D dt dn n (qD n / l) ( e -( - Vs)/UT - e -( - Vd)/UT ) eeII uVVuVV TdgTSg / / 0
MOSFET Current-Voltage Curves 1 /)( 0 //)( 0 / // 0 TSG TdSTSG TD TSTG uVKV uVuV uV uVu DS eI eeI eeeII eeII uVVuVV TdgTSg // 0 1 / / 0 TSd TSg uVV uVV eeI
Channel Current Dependence on Gate Voltage In linear scale, we have a quadratic dependence In log-scale, we have an exponential dependence
Channel Current Dependence on Gate Voltage In linear scale, we have a quadratic dependence In log-scale, we have an exponential dependence
Subthreshold MOSFETs In linear scale, we have a quadratic dependence In log-scale, we have an exponential dependence G S D nFET G S D B pFET
Determination of Threshold Voltage Gate voltage (V) Drain current / subthreshold fit V T = 0.86
Drain Current --- Source Voltage