BSIM6 Model Generation

W8615EP - Keysight Technologies

BSIM6 is semiconductor industry's newest standard model for bulk MOSFETs. Unlike its predecessors (BSIM3 & BSIM4), BSIM6 has been formulated by using a more physical surface-potential/charge-based approach, sharing commonalities with other two industry standard bulk models, PSP and HiSIM2. The main benefit of BSIM6, in comparison to BSIM4, is its ability to maintain symmetry of output characteristics around zero drain-to-source bias. This turns out to be a key requirement for certain applications (such as passive switches) where the drain-to-source bias crosses zero during circuit operation.