WHAT IS ProMOST?

ProMOST is a software package, that runs next to your circuit simulator. If you are using Cadence, ProMOST can be run from within and with data transfer to and from the schematic designer (artist). ProMOST is behaves like a very smart graphical calculator, dedicated to MOS transistors. With ProMOST you can quicly calculate the optimal W, L and bias point of your transistors. The tool in interactive and responds instantly, numerically or graphically!

Traditionally circuit designers run hundreds of simulations of the complete circuit, and sweep W, L and currents of the individual MOSFETS. This is in our opinion a waste of time, boring, and gives no insight. With ProMOST you can quickly calculate the W, L, and bias points outside your simulator, and use the simulator to verify your design. Its much faster, and give good insight where your circuit runs into problems.

For example: You are an analog designer: if you have a certain current flowing into a circuit branch and if you need a certain gm, then ProMOST tells you the W of your transistor. But you can also find the current, where the f_t of your transistor is maximal, given a certain geometry. Or a practical problems these days: you need to make current source, while the headroom is only 0.2V and the noise must be low enough. With ProMOST you can calculate W and L within milli-seconds. In fact in ProMOST you can plot any transistor property against any other property Like: VGS versus ID, gm versus W at constant ID, drain noise current versus L while keeping ID constant? no problem! In fact you can plot more than you can think of rightnow.

Moreover: In ProMOST all popular transistormodels are implemented, and your technology parameters can be easily imported with one of the ProMOST wizards. The program runs on all popular operating systems, Also on the computer where you are now sitting behind! You can save boring simulation time, while playing with ProMOST ! supported models supported platforms

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