Qualify CMOS Models with QA Express in Model Builder (MBP)

Qualify CMOS Models with QA Express in Model Builder (MBP)

Application Notes

In the post-Moore's Law era, the semiconductor industry confronts a paradigm shift in device model qualification. Given the increasingly complex nature of foundry model libraries and the substantial financial losses of design failures, model qualification is paramount to design houses. However, the process of model library qualification is intricate and time-consuming, necessitating multiple iterations from qualification (QA) to model tuning. Especially in the case of the binning model, it may take days, or even weeks, to fix the QA issues after the model extraction.

 

In light of these challenges, Keysight offers QA Express, enabling model qualification in the early stages of model extraction. It empowers device modeling engineers to apply model QA checks with a few clicks during the parameter extraction in Model Builder (MBP).

 

This application note will discuss the functionalities of QA Express in MBP and best practices to pinpoint and address QA issues during the parameter extraction.