External Documentation

External documentation and manuals

Device models

BSIM literature is available from UC at Berkeley.

• BSIM3.3.0 Users Manual
• BSIM4.7.0 Users Manual
• BSIMSOI4.3.1 Users Manual

The PSP MOS model has been developed jointly between NXP and Arizona State University.

• PSP102

The EKV MOS model has been developed at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne.

• EKV 2.6

ngspice implements the Parker-Skellern JFET model as level 2. It is provided by Macquarie University where you also may download the original paper by Parker and Skellern.

• Parker-Skellern JFET model

Various bipolar models are available in ngspice, either fully integrated,

• VBIC

or loadable via the adms option. Mextram is codeveloped by NXP and TU Delft. HICUM is made by TU Dresden

• Mextram 504
• HICUM 0 - 1, HICUM 0 - 2 (no manuals, but 2 research papers)
• HICUM 2

XSPICE

XSPICE literature is still available from Georgia Institute of Technology.

• Users Manual
• Software Design Document
• Interface Design Document
• Code Model Subsystem Software Design Document
• Code Model Subsystem Interface Design Document

Spice

The original spice3 literature from UC at Berkeley comprises of a series of technical reports.

• Analysis of Performance and Convergence Issues for Circuit Simulation
• The Front End to Simulator Interface
• THE SPICE3 IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE
• ADDING DEVICES TO SPICE3
• Spice3 Version 3C1 Users Guide
• Benchmark Circuits: Results for Spice3

The dissertation on Spice2 by Laurence Nagel provides some insight into the functioning of a circuit simulator.

• SPICE2: A Computer Program to Simulate Semiconductor Circuits

Cider

The original Cider literature from UC at Berkeley comprises of a series of technical reports.

• CODECS: A Mixed-Level Circuit and Device Simulator
• An Inversion-Layer Mobility Model for CODECS
• Design-Oriented Mixed-Level Circuit and Device Simulation

Please send your comments, suggestions, and corrections on the ngspice manual to the ngspice developers' list.