Errata for Y. Tsividis and C.

McAndrew, Operation and Modeling of the

MOS Transistor, 3d edition, 1st and 2nd printings
(To check which printing you have, look at the copyright page. On the third line from bottom,
look at the numbers next to the words printing number. The rightmost number is the
number of the printing; so if it is 1 or 2, the corrections below apply.)
Page
14
64
78
88
104
107

Identifier
(1.2.24) and following line
Prob. 1.14
(2.4.12)
(2.6.1b)
(2.7.10)
3rd line

109

Fig. 2.25

123

1st item of bullet list

Show Verify
nA N A

2! /! ) 2! )/!
! /2! ! /(2! )
is seen is seen
'
Cgb,l Cgb
,l

VCB VGB
VGC VCB
3.8b 3.8a
3.1c 3.8a
see Fig. 3.6 see Fig. 3.7
2.6 2.7
3.14 3.13
4.4 4.5
3.16 3.15
!"
!
! !!
! !!
!"
!
! !"
! !"

th

132
135
135
138
140
143
159
177

Sec. 3.4.1, 7 line

Table 3.2, 6th row
Table 3.2, 12th row
Two lines above (3.4.19)
Footnote, last line
10th line
Two lines below (4.3.1)
Line above equation

180

(4.4.24a,b)

188
189
205
209

(4.7.8)
Paragraph before last, last line
Line below last equation
References in line above equation

223

Fig. 4.34

229
241
252
276
291
291
292
294
297
297
298

Correction

Script Es

Fig. 4.39
Prob. 4.15
Line 11
8th line of 1st paragraph
3rd line below (5.10.8)
Two lines below (5.10.11)
Three lines below (5.10.13)
Line below (5.11.4)
Two lines above (5.12.1)
(5.12.1)
st
1 and 2nd lines

(4.4.7) (4.6.7)
(4.6.6) (4.8.6)
104, 108 83, 84, 89; 111 107
left R RS ; right R !
right VGS V~GS
After

= 2.0 V = 2.0 V
= 0, add at the drain end of the channel.
VDS VGS
VGS VDS
/

proportional inversely proportional

and so will VGB and so will 0

Cross out the field in the oxide Eox

Change eq. to ! = !! !
Cross out where Bt is a constant of proportionality;

th

rd

315
328
337
349
352
361
366
383
384
384
417

4 and 3 lines from bottom

Prob. 5.17
(6.3.4b)
(6.4.33)
th
6 line below (6.4.47)
3rd line
Fig. 6.14(c)
Prob. 6.3
Prob. 6.6 (b)
Prob. 6.10
3rd line above (7.3.2)

432

Line above (7.3.39)

433
439
442
453
453
453
456

7th line from bottom

3rd line
Three lines above (7.5.12)
1st line
nd
2 line below (7.5.33)
5th line below (7.5.33)
3rd line of Sec. 7.5.5

470

Prob. 7.18

471
471
487
489
493
499
504
512
553

Prob. 7.31
Prob. 7.33 2nd line
Line below (8.2.31h)
Line below (8.2.37r)
(8.3.4)
Fig. 8.18
(8.4.30f)
(8.4.69c)
Footnote

562

Fig. 9.7 caption

569
574
637
649
661
669
682

10th line from bottom

Figure 9.17
(10.8.3)
Prob. 10.10, first line
line above (C.2)
(E.3)
(G.20), inside brackets

Last updated 10-18-2012

replace Eox(x) by the oxide potential

Replace all ref. numbers by 239-241
Add: Assume C F'' = 110 11 F/cm.
()
Insert minus sign after equal sign
W/L WL

Add absolute value signs to charges shown

t ox = 2 nA t ox = 2 nm
found in Prob. 6.5found in Prob. 6.4
Add: Use the model found in Prob. 6.9.
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Replace Neglecting the derivative in (7.3.33) by

Thus from (7.3.5) and (6.4.49)
5.11 and 5.12 5.10 and 5.11
5.10 5.11
7.34 7.33
4.10 4.11

256c 236c, 256, 257

Ref. 256c Refs. 236c, 257
7.2 7.19
(7.3.12), (7.3.13) and (7.3.16)

(7.3.14), (7.3.15) and (7.3.20)

Delete , for VGS =0.6, 0.8, and 1.0V
X
(7.2.12) and (7.2.13)(7.3.12) and (7.3.13)
(7.2.12) and (7.2.13)(7.3.12) and (7.3.13)
The second = should be a +

vCS vcs
1 2 1 3
9.3.2 9.4
Replace first L by NAB; second L by NI(y);
by NAB- NI(y).
Appendix I Appendix J
CGG Cgg
In last fraction, multiply numerator by

script E
E script E
/! /(! ) (twice)