Documentation
- “The EPFL-EKV MOSFET Model Equations for Simulation” can be downloaded as PDF file (133kB).
EKV 3.0 Documentation
- A. Bazigos, M. Bucher, F. Krummenacher, J.-M. Sallese, A.-S. Roy, C. Enz, EKV3 MOSFET Compact Model Documentation, Model Version 301.02, Technical Report, Technical University of Crete, 16 July 2008.
- S. Yoshitomi, A. Bazigos, M. Bucher, “EKV3 Parameter Extraction and Characterization of 90nm RF-CMOS Technology” 14th Int.Conf. on Mixed Design, (MIXDES 2007), Ciechocinek, 21-23 June 2007
- S. Yoshitomi, “Challenges of Compact Modeling for Deep-Submicron RF-CMOS Devices” 12th Int.Conf. on Mixed Design (MIXDES 2005), Krakow, Poland, 22-25 June 2005
- A. Bazigos, M. Bucher, EKV3.0 Model Code, Parameters & Case Studies,
Presentation at EKV Model Users’ Group Meeting and Workshop, November 4-5 2004, EPFL, Lausanne.
HV-EKV Presentation
- ‘The HV-EKV MOSFET Model’ CMC Meeting, Boston 8th May 2006
- W.Grabinski, T.Gneiting “Power/HVMOS Devices Compact Modeling” ISBN: 978-90-481-3045-0 (2010)
Availability
- EKV in design libraries:
Vendor | Process | Docs |
Atmel | Complex Mixed-signal 1.0 um BiCMOS Technology | BiCMOS2 |
Atmel | Digital & Mixed-signal 0.5 um CMOS | SCMOS3EE |
Atmel | Digital & Mixed-signal 0.5 um CMOS EPROM/OTP | SCMOS3E |
Atmel | High Speed SiGe BiCMOS RF | UHF6S |
Atmel | Smart Power Bulk process | BCDMOS-III |
Atmel | Smart Power SOI process | SMARTIS1 |
Atmel | HVCMOS, embedded memory | at35.7k |
EM Marin | Low Power 0.5 um CMOS | |
EM Marin | Low Power 0.35 um CMOS | |
EM Marin | Low Power 0.18 um CMOS | |
MHS-Electronics | Complex Mixed-signal 1.0 um BiCMOS Technology | BICMOS2SC |
MHS-Electronics | Digital & Mixed-signal 0.5 um CMOS | SCMOS3EE |
MHS-Electronics | Digital & Mixed-signal 0.5 um CMOS (high temperature) | SCMOS3E |
MHS-Electronics | Digital & Mixed-signal 0.5 um CMOS (high radiation tolerance) | SCMOS3RT |
Telefunken Semi | High Speed BiCMOS RF | UHF6S (TS) |
Telefunken Semi | 0.8um Smart Power SOI SMARTIS1 (TS) | SMARTIS1 (TS) |
Telefunken Semi | 0.35um Smart Power SOI | AT76k (TS) |
Telefunken Semi | 0.8um, 700V Smart Power bulk | TS700V |
Toshiba | CMOS2 0.18um Logic Base eDRAM | internal use |
Toshiba | CMOS3 0.13um Cu Interconnect | internal use |
Toshiba | CMOS4 90nm Low-k | internal use |
Toshiba | CMOS5 65nm Stress control Low-k II | internal use |
Simulator | Version* | EKV2.6 LEVEL | EKV3.0 LEVEL | Comments |
ADS | 2003C | Verilog-A | Verilog-A | example [wg] |
Altium | 6.5 | 8 | Released Aug.30 2006 | |
AMI-Spice | 3.7a | 23 | released | |
APLAC | 7.30h | EKVMOS | to be announced | |
AVOSpice | 1.82.0805 | Verilog-A | Verilog-A | |
ELDO | 4.6 | 44 (UPDATE=2.6) | 61 Verilog-A | in beta |
Golden Gate | 4.0 | ekv | ekv3 | |
HSIM | 2.0 | 55 | Verilog-A | |
IntuSoft | ICAP/4 | shipping | ||
LTspice/SwitcherCAD III | 1.09p | 12 | free download | |
MacSpice | 3f5p10 | 44 | free download | |
MI-SUGAR | 0.4.4 | 44 | Mac OSX | |
Micro-Cap | 8.0.0 | 44 | available now | |
MINIMOS-NT | 2.0 | Devices.{N;P}MosEkv | with selfheating | |
NanoSpice | 1.1 | 55 | ||
Nexxim | 1.0 | 55 | Verilog-A | |
NG-Spice | rev.17 | Verilog-A | Verilog-A | free download |
PSPICE [*] | 9.0 | 5 | thru XML-ADMS | |
Qucs | 0.0.14 | Verilog-A | Verilog-A | |
SABER | 4.3.2 | |||
SIMetrix | 4.1 | 44 | released Feb 2002 | |
SmartSpice | 1.5.5.R | 55 | ||
SMASH | 4.1 | 5 | ekv3 and Verilog-A | released 5.13 |
Spectre | 4.43 | ekv | Verilog-A | tested at LEG |
SpectreRF | 6.0 | ekv | Verilog-A | |
Spice-Opus | 2.04 | 44 | Documentation | |
SPICE3 | 3f5 | Verilog-A | Verilog-A | tested [wg] |
Star-Hspice | 98.4 | 55 | Verilog-A | also CML libs |
Synopsys | 98.4 | 55 | Verilog-A | also CML libs |
T-Spice | 11 | 44 or 55 | Verilog-A | also CML libs |
TopSPICE | 6.9 | 44 or 55 | ||
TRANZ-TRAN | 3.5 | |||
WinSpice | 1.03.02 | 44 | free download |
(*) first implementation
We are supporting the model coded in VHDL-AMS and Verilog-A. Using the EKV Verilog-A code the ekv 2.6/3.0 models have been implemented into number of the GNU and commercial simulations tools including listed above. The code is available on request, just contact us!
Extractors
System(*) | EKV Version 2.6 | EKV Version 3.0 | Comments |
Accelicon | tba | tba | contact info |
Aurora | 1999.2 | contact info | |
BSIM2EKV | EKV2.6 (Smash 5.13 compatible) | contact info | |
IC-CAP | EKV2.6 Modeling Package | EKV3.0 Toolkit IC-CAP MOSFET Support | contact info |
MOSTXX | EKV2.6 Modeling Example | contact info | |
UTMOST | EKV2.6 | UTMOS III |
(*) first implementation
Links:
- Technology partners and web resources:
- Atmel
- Austriamicrosystems
- CSEM Neuchatel
- CMC Microsystems
- CMP Circuits Multi-Projets
- COMON (COmpact MOdelling Network): Marie Curie Actions—Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP)
- Dolphin Integration: download ekv3 in smash
- EKV3 RFIC Group at TUC
- EM Marin
- Europractice, Eurotraining
- LOGMATIC, local pspice simulation and design support
- MOSIS
- Procedural Analog Design (PAD)
- ROBUSPIC (ROBUst mixed signal design methodologies for Smart Power ICs)
- Telefunken
- Toshiba