SIM3 is a physics-based, accurate, scalable, robustic and predictive MOSFET SPICE model for circuit simulation and CMOS technology development. It is developed by the BSIM Research Group in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (EECS) at the University of California, Berkeley. The third iteration of BSIM3, BSIM3 Version 3 (commonly abbreviated as BSIM3v3), was established by SEMATECH as the first industry-wide standard of its kind in December of 1996. BSIM3v3 has since been widely used by most semiconductor and IC design companies world-wide for device modeling and CMOS IC design. All suggestions for model improvements are charted by the Compact Model Council (CMC). It is a consortium of semiconductor companies and simulator vendors world-wide promoting BSIM3v3 development as the industry standard compact model. The council is affliliated with Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA). For more information on CMC and a list of its member companies, please visit the web site at CMC.

Mission

The BSIM Research Group seeks to assist companies in the successful adoption, implementation and use of BSIM3v3. We will provide technical support in using BSIM3v3 and conduct timely fixes of any errors in the model implementation. Most important, we will continue to enhance the model and incorporate more advanced device physics for sub-0.1um CMOS technology.

A Note on Naming Convention

The first version of BSIM3v3 was BSIM3 Version 3.0. Subsequent model release will be designated with different version numbers. For example, the latest version is named BSIM3 Version 3.2 (BSIM3v3.2). For more details on BSIM3v3.2 refer to Get Latest Version.

The BSIM Research Group

BSIM Research Group currently includes the following people:
Professors Chenming Hu
Current Developers
Past BSIM Model Contributors:(Students in Alphabetical Order)

Ping Ko
Mark Cao
Mansun Chan
Xuemei (Jane) Xi
James C. Chen
Kai Chen
Yuhua Cheng 

Mohan Dunga

JianHui Huang
Kelvin Hui
MinChie Jeng
Xiaodong Jin
Weidong Liu
ZhiHong Liu
Robert Tu


The Device Group
Department of EECS
UC Berkeley


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