capacitance modelling by a nmos

Discussion in 'Cadence' started by Dinakaran, Jan 10, 2004.

  1. Dinakaran

    Dinakaran Guest

    Avanti Hspice:
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    I am trying to model a 45 pf capacitance(verified this by dumping
    caps) by a nmos( drain, source, bulk shorted to gnd), the 2 terminals
    of the capacitor
    being the gate and ground. Pretty huge one 20u/6u*100
    M11 vss cap vss vss nch w=20u l=6u m=100

    However when I run a tran analysis that pumps current into this cap, I
    see that
    the voltage at the gate node rises too slowly. current flowing in is
    ~4.5uA.

    Expected Voltage rise rate = It/C = (4.5/45)V/us
    Rises at around 0.01 volt per 20us in the simulation.

    Anything wrong here. Or shoul dI be doing anything extra in the
    testbench.
    Am I missing something.

    Thanks a lot
    -Dinakaran
     
    Dinakaran, Jan 10, 2004
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  2. Dinakaran

    Dinakaran Guest

    I am able to remove thsi error when I run the tran analysis with 1ns
    as the timestep instead of 0.1ns that I used below in the analysis
    below. The nmos-capacitor shows the desired voltage increase rate.

    I dont understand this at all. Why should this be the case?
    Thanks
    -Dinakaran
     
    Dinakaran, Jan 12, 2004
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