Rapid BSIM model implementation with VHDL-AMS/Verilog-AMS and MCAST compact model compiler

VHDL-AMS and Verilog-AMS are behavioral languages extended from widely used VHDL/Verilog for analog and mixed-signal applications. By describing models in the behavioral language VHDL-AMS/Verilog-AMS and then compiling them with a model compiler such as MCAST, we have successfully implemented industry-grade device models (including BSIM, BSIMSOI) rapidly and with low cost, which was previously a tough and high cost work. The implementation for the first time demonstrated the capability and advantages of this new method compared to the traditional methods in device modeling.