Title :
A novel approach to efficient yield estimation for microwave integrated circuits
Author :
Swidzinski, J.F. ; Keramat, M. ; Chang, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
Latin Hypercube Sampling (LHS) is proposed as an alternative to Primitive Monte Carlo (PMC) for yield analysis. It is shown that the LHS method improves accuracy and confidence in yield estimate and yet requires smaller number of simulations compared to PMC technique. Yield analysis of a 8-12 GHz microwave small signal amplifier demonstrate the viability of the proposed approach
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; hypercube networks; integrated circuit yield; microwave amplifiers; microwave integrated circuits; 8 to 12 GHz; Latin Hypercube Sampling; Monte Carlo simulation; Primitive Monte Carlo; microwave integrated circuit; small-signal amplifier; yield estimation; Circuit noise; Circuit simulation; Hypercubes; Integrated circuit yield; Microwave integrated circuits; Monte Carlo methods; Sampling methods; Semiconductor device noise; USA Councils; Yield estimation;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1999. 42nd Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Las Cruces, NM
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5491-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1999.867282
