<s>
BSIM	B-Algorithm
(	O
Berkeley	O
Short-channel	O
IGFET	B-Architecture
Model	O
)	O
refers	O
to	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
MOSFET	B-Architecture
transistor	O
models	O
for	O
integrated	O
circuit	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
refers	O
to	O
the	O
BSIM	B-Algorithm
group	O
located	O
in	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Electrical	O
Engineering	O
and	O
Computer	O
Sciences	O
(	O
EECS	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
California	O
,	O
Berkeley	O
,	O
that	O
develops	O
these	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accurate	O
transistor	O
models	O
are	O
needed	O
for	O
electronic	B-Language
circuit	I-Language
simulation	I-Language
,	O
which	O
in	O
turn	O
is	O
needed	O
for	O
integrated	O
circuit	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commercial	O
and	O
industrial	O
analog	O
simulators	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
SPICE	B-Protocol
)	O
have	O
added	O
many	O
other	O
device	O
models	O
as	O
technology	O
advanced	O
and	O
earlier	O
models	O
became	O
inaccurate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSIM	B-Algorithm
models	O
,	O
developed	O
at	O
UC	O
Berkeley	O
,	O
are	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BSIM-CMG	O
(	O
Common	O
Multi-Gate	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
BSIM-SOI	O
(	O
Silicon-on-Insulator	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
BSIM-BULK	O
,	O
formerly	O
BSIM6	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
BSIM4	B-Algorithm
,	O
used	O
for	O
0.13μm	O
to	O
20nm	O
nodes	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
BSIM3	B-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
predecessor	O
of	O
BSIM4	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Original	O
versions	O
of	O
BSIM	B-Algorithm
models	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
C	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
newer	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
models	O
,	O
except	O
BSIM4	B-Algorithm
and	O
BSIM3	B-Algorithm
,	O
support	O
only	O
Verilog-A	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
last	O
version	O
of	O
BSIM-SOI	O
which	O
supported	O
C	B-Language
was	O
the	O
version	O
BSIM-SOIv4.4	O
.	O
</s>
