STADIUM: a new tool for design for manufacturability through the use of statistical simulation

Author

Sanders, Thomas J. ; Means, Dale P. ; Hess, Glenn T.

Author_Institution

AET Inc., Melbourne, FL, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25-27 Jun 1996

Firstpage

526

Lastpage

529

Abstract

Engineers have used simulation for product design for a number of years but only recently have the tools been in existence to aim new designs for manufacturability. This paper concentrates on coupling practical optimization techniques (based on a design of experiments methodology) to conventional simulators for the purpose of characterizing component and system performance in terms of manufacturing variables. This is accomplished with the aid of a software tool called STADIUM which is described in detail

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; design for manufacture; design of experiments; digital simulation; integrated circuit manufacture; software tools; statistical analysis; STADIUM; component performance; design for manufacturability; design of experiments; manufacturing variables; optimization techniques; product design; semiconductor process simulation; simulators; software tool; statistical simulation; system performance; Application software; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Design engineering; Design methodology; Design optimization; Integrated circuit modeling; Manufacturing processes; Product design; Productivity; Pulp manufacturing; Software tools; System performance; US Department of Energy; Virtual manufacturing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southcon/96. Conference Record

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1087-8785

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3268-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOUTHC.1996.535120

Filename

535120