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vivkr
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variation of parasitic resistance in vertical PNP devices built in CMOS tech
Jun 17th, 2020, 2:12am
 
Hello All,

I would like to understand the behavior of parasitic resistors in vertical PNP devices manufactured in the leading-edge CMOS processes.

The key parasitics are emitter and base (including base spreading) resistances.
The device model provided by the foundry has lumped both these into 1 single term, namely, the emitter resistance and set this to a constant number.

Given that the precision of my circuits is primarily limited by these, I would like to understand if they are truly relatively constant (say within +/- 20%) over process and temperature or if they vary wildly (say +/- 100% or so). If the former, then I could design for the nominal values of these parameters and be done. If the latter, then much more expensive multi-point calibration would be needed, which would be prohibitive.

Of course, one could get around the issues by biasing the devices at very low current densities (say 1/10th of what I am using), but that would make for a very inefficient design.

Thanks for your hints and comments.

Vivek
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Re: variation of parasitic resistance in vertical PNP devices built in CMOS tech
Reply #1 - Jul 2nd, 2020, 4:17am
 
You should ask foundry directly. Usually, when working on a given technology, there is a person from the foundry that helps, e.g. application engineer. This person has access to more documentation that is provided with PDK.

I have never considered the problem described by you. I used vertical PNP transistors in CMOS technologies in bandgaps.
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