Gilgamesh Associates

E-mail: dfoty@sover.net

Gilgamesh Associates is a consulting and research firm, specializing in the proper construction and implementation of SPICE FET models for use in CMOS circuit design and simulation. Our main customer base continues to be fabless design companies who are not happy with the models provided by their foundries. Are your models all that they should be? Get in touch with us - we can make things better. After all, they're your designs! Don't they deserve to be done with good MOS models?

(Interested in the origin of our name? Click here to learn more!)

In addition to our support of all popular types of MOS models, Gilgamesh Associates now supports the relatively new EKV model. This model is particularly suited to analog design needs and analog design practices. It should be noted that this model is now available in all common circuit simulators, including HSPICE, ELDO, and SPECTRE. Watch this space for more exciting news in the near future! The official home page for the latest news on the EKV model can be reached here.

MOSFET Modeling with SPICE - Principles and Practice

• Order a copy via the Amazon.com On-Line Bookstore
  
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• Order a copy from the Prentice-Hall Home Page
  
• Publication Information (including the back cover description)
  
• The Table of Contents
  
• The Preface
  
• A brief Description of the text
  

Coming Attractions!

• Plenary paper at the Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES) Conference, Lodz, Poland, 26 - 28 June 2003
  
• (Many other events are in preparation - re-visit for future details)
  

Archives

• Tutorial and two papers at the International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS), Dubrovnik, Croatia, 15 - 18 September 2002
  
• The Fabless Semiconductor Association Modeling Workshop, San Jose, California, 9 - 10 September 2002
  
• Distinguished guest lecturer at the IEEE Baltic Region meeting (sponsored by Tallinn Technical University), Sagadi, Estonia, 19 - 20 August 2002
  
• Guest seminar, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland, 16 August 2002.
• Invited paper at the Mixed Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (MIXDES) Conference, Wroclaw, Poland, 20 - 22 June 2002
  
• MOS Arbeitskreis Meeting, 20 June 2002, Wroclaw, Poland
  
• Short course at the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Scottsdale, Arizona, 26 - 29 May 2002
  
• Tutorial, invited paper, and panel discussion at the Workshop on Compact Modeling, International Conference on the Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems (MSM), San Juan, Puerto Rico, 22 - 25 April 2002
  
• Tutorial at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, California, 18 - 21 March 2002
  
• MOS Arbeitskreis Meeting, 19 November 2001, Graz, Austria
  
• Short Course - "Practical Aspects of Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs," 5 - 9 November 2001, San Francisco, California
  
  • Information appears on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page
    
• Short Course - "Practical Aspects of Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs," 8 - 12 October 2001, Lausanne, Switzerland
  
  • Information appears on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page
    
• Tutorial at the European Conference on Circuit Theory and Design, 28 - 31 August, Helsinki, Finland
  
• Panel at the meeting of the National Association of Scholars, Radisson Hotel, Burlington, Vermont, 14 July 2001.
• Panel: "Vermont's High Tech Future: Does It Have One?", Room 11, The Statehouse, Montpelier, Vermont, 26 April 2001
  
  • Sponsored by The Ethan Allen Institute
    
  • Copy of the Opening Statement
    
• Tutorial at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, California, 26 - 28 March 2001
  
• MOS Arbeitskreis Meeting, 5 March 2001, Munich, Germany
  
• The Fabless Semiconductor Association Modeling Workshop
  
  • 11 - 12 October 2000, Santa Clara, California
    
• Short Course - "Practical Aspects of Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs"
  
  • 25 - 29 September 2000, Lausanne, Switzerland
    
  • information appears on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page
    
• Paper/Imbedded Tutorial at the 37th Design Automation Conference, Los Angeles, California, 5 - 9 June 2000
  
  • (This is going to be a real landmark paper for modern MOSFET modeling and its proper usage in analog circuit design. Read the Abstract.)
    
• Short course at the International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Geneva, Switzerland, 28 - 31 May 2000
  
• Tutorial at the International Symposium on the Quality of Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, California, 20 - 22 March 2000
  
• Short Course - "Practical Aspects of Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs"
  
  • 1 - 4 February 2000, Monterey, California
    
  • information appears on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page
    
• Short Course - "Transistor Level Analog Design"
  
  • 27 - 30 September 1999, Lausanne, Switzerland
    
  • (information also appears on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page)
    
• Fabless Semiconductor Association Modeling Workshop, San Jose, California, 24 - 25 May 1999
• Paper at the RF MOS Modeling Workshop, Munich, Germany, 16 February 1999
  • "An Overview of AC Simulation Aspects of MOS Modeling"
    
  • abstract of the paper
    
• Short Course - "Practical Design of Analog and Mixed-Signal ICs"
  
  • 10 - 12 December 1998, Monterey, California
    
  • description of the lecture, 12 December 1998
    
  • (information also appears on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page)
    
• Technical paper - "AC Simulation Aspects of MOS Modeling" - at Northcon, Seattle, Washington, 22 October 1998
  
  • abstract of the paper
    
• Short course - "Effective MOSFET Modeling for SPICE Circuit Simulation" - at Northcon, Seattle, Washington, 22 October 1998
  
  • description of the short course
    
• One-day short course - "What Every Circuit Designer Needs to Know About MOS Modeling for SPICE Circuit Simulation" - at the Electronic Design Automation and Test Conference, Asia, Hsinchu, Taiwan, 15 October 1998
  
• Short Course - "Deep Submicron CMOS Design"
  
  • 12 - 15 October 1998, Lausanne, Switzerland
    
  • description of the lecture, 12 October 1998
    
  • (more detailed information may be found on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page)
    
• Lecture at the Electronic Parts Selection and Management Workshop, College Park, Maryland, 17 June 1998
  
  • description of the lecture
    
• Tutorial at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 11 May 1998, Santa Clara, California
  
  • tutorial details may be found at the Official CICC Educational Sessions web site
    
• Satellite Broadcast Class - National Technological University (NTU), 30 April 1998
  
  • "The EKV MOSFET Model for Analog and Mixed-Mode Circuit Design"
    
    • download an NTU course description in postscript format
      
• Short course at the Southeastern Workshop on Mixed-Signal VLSI, 2 - 3 April 1998, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  
  • the short course will be held on 1 April, the day before the conference, at the conference venue
    
• Short Course - "Deep Submicron CMOS Design"
  
  • 11 - 13 December 1997, Monterey, California
    
  • Description of the lecture
    
  • (more detailed information may be found on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page)
    
• Short Course - "The EKV MOSFET Model for Analog and Mixed-Mode Circuit Design"
  
  • 8 November 1997
    
  • Course description and registration information
    
  • This course was sponsored by the Fabless Semiconductor Association
    
• Lectures at the Electronic Design Automation and Test Conference, Asia
  
  • Hsinchu (Taiwan), 28 August 1997
  • Shanghai (China), 22 August 1997
• Seminar Tutorial at the CMP Analog and Mixed Signal Conference, 21 - 22 July 1997, San Jose, California
• CNRS Summer Lecture Series, 23 - 28 June 1997, La Londe des Maures, France
• Tutorial at the Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC), 5 May 1997, Santa Clara, California
  
  • download a copy of the slides
    
• Short Courses - "Analog Integrated Circuit Design and Modeling"
  
  • 9 - 14 December 1996, Monterey, California
    
  • 16 - 21 February 1997, Lausanne, Switzerland
    
  • (more detailed information may be found on the Mead Microelectronics Web Page)
    
• Satellite Broadcast Class - National Technological University (NTU), April 21, 1997
  • (This class was originally scheduled for February 7th, but had to be re-scheduled due to the untimely demise of the Telstar 401 satellite.)
    
• Class at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), June 5, 1996