Abstract
In this paper we develop a simple physics based noise model for short channel RF CMOS devices that is targeted towards analytic hand calculations but is easily incorporated into a circuit simulator. Classical CMOS transistor noise theory set forth by A. Van der Zeil is combined with more recent noise studies. A novel de-embedding technique is used to extract experimental noise parameter results that confirm the model's accuracy from 2-20 GHz for 0.18μ length devices in the TSMC CMOS process. While some authors have assumed a fixed excess noise factor (γ) for predicting RF noise at a particular channel length, we show here that γ is sensitive to both device bias and process parameters and cannot be assumed constant for fixed channel length.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 383-386 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference |
State | Published - Dec 1 2004 |
Event | Proceedings of the IEEE 2004 Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, CICC - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: Oct 3 2004 → Oct 6 2004 |