Project abstract:
As Integrated Circuits have become more complex, having more, smaller, transistors, accurate SPICE simulation of these devices has become harder to perform. There have been multiple commercial attempts to solve this problem, but none reproduce the accuracy of the industry standard HSpice. This project experiments with two new simulation strategies: Multi-Phase analysis and Voltage Controlled Resistor (VCR) substitution. Multi-Phase analysis is based on current commercially available simulators, but extends the same idea in expectation that it will converge to some value. VCR substitution seeks to replace complex circuit structures in simulation with a model that may be less computationally demanding.