July 1999

The "Binning" routine in UTMOST III MOS module has been greatly enhanced. The bin models can be generated much faster and the routine requires less user interface.

Silvaco now offers the MOS31 JFET/MOSFET model originally developed by Philips [1] as part of the SmartLib product-independent model library. This model is available within SmartSpice as level 31.

Bulk CMOS is currently the dominant technology for VLSI integrated circuits but its scaling constraints pose ever greater as device geometries shrink. Thus, the search for a suitable replacement has