• DocumentCode
    2961386
  • Title

    An efficient method for parametric yield gradient estimation

  • Author

    Wu, Ting ; Foo, Say Wei

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Univ. of Singapore, Singapore
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    36342
  • Firstpage
    419
  • Abstract
    A novel method to improve the yield gradient estimation in parametric yield optimization is proposed. By introducing some deterministic information into the conventional Monte Carlo method and fully utilizing the samples, it is possible to obtain yield gradient estimation with significantly smaller variance. The additional computation is almost negligible. Examples are presented to indicate the efficiency of this approach
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; circuit optimisation; gradient methods; integrated circuit yield; network parameters; Monte Carlo method; deterministic information; efficiency; parametric yield gradient estimation; variance; yield optimization; Circuits; Design optimization; Fluctuations; Integral equations; Manufacturing processes; Optimization methods; Probability density function; Reactive power; Yield estimation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1999. ISCAS '99. Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Orlando, FL
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5471-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.1999.777897
  • Filename
    777897