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Spectre Circuit Simulator Components and Device Models Reference
Product Version 23.1, June 2023

Parameter Differences between BSIM3v3 Levels

The following table lists the parameters whose default value depends on the level of the BSIM3v3 model.

Parameter Name Default Value for each Level Description

k1

0.53V^1/2 (LEVEL=49/53)

1.90923V^1/2 (LEVEL=11)

Body-effect coefficient

k2

0.0186 (LEVEL=49/53)

-0.33 (LEVEL=11)

Charge-sharing parameter

vfbflag

0 (LEVEL=49/53)

Vfb selector

binflag

0 (LEVEL=49/53)

Binning factor

lref

1.0e20 (LEVEL=49/53)

Binning length factor

minr

0.1 Ohm (LEVEL=11)

1e-5 Ohm (LEVEL=49/53)

Minimum source/drain resistance

js

0A/m2 (LEVEL=49)

1e-4A/m2 (LEVEL=53)

Bulk junction reverse saturation current density

f

1.0e20 (LEVEL=49/53)

Binning width factor

is

1e-14 (LEVEL=11)

Bulk junction reverse saturation current

pb

1V (LEVEL=11/53)

0.8V (LEVEL=49)

Bulk junction built-in potential

cjsw

5e-10F/m (LEVEL=11/53)

0F/m (LEVEL=49)

Zero-bias junction sidewall capacitance density

capmod

2 (LEVEL=11)

3 (LEVEL=49/53)

Intrinsic charge model

xpart

0 (LEVEL=11/53)

1 (LEVEL=49)

Drain/source channel charge partition in saturation for BSIM charge model. Use 0.0 for 40/60, 0.5 for 50/50, or 1.0 for 0/100.

version

3.1(LEVEL=11)

3.2(LEVEL=49/53)

Model version selector. The available versions are 3.1, 3.2, 3.21,3.22, 3.23, 3.24 and 3.3.

paramchk

1 (LEVEL=11)

0 (LEVEL=49/53)

Model parameter checking selector

acm

0 (LEVEL=11/49)

10 (LEVEL=53)

BSIM3v3 area calculation method selector

calcacm

0 (LEVEL=49/53)

geometry factor

eg

1.12452V (LEVEL=11)

1.16V (LEVEL=49/53)

Energy band gap

diomod

1 (LEVEL=11/49)

0 (LEVEL=53)

Flag to select junction model:

When diomod=1, the junction model described in Common MOSFET Equations section is used.

When diomod=0, the Berkeley junction model is used.

When diomod=100, the TSMC special diode model is used.

xti

3 (LEVEL=11/53)

0 (LEVEL=49)

Saturation current temperature exponent

nlev

2.0 (LEVEL=49/53)

Noise selector

gdsnoi

1.0 (LEVEL=49/53)

Channel thermal noise coefficient for 49 noise

Related Topics

BSIM3v3 Level-11 Model (bsim3v3)

LOD Model

Nonquasi-static (NQS) Model

I-V Model


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