Theoretical bases of convolution technique in gradient estimation of average quality index of electronic circuits

Author

Keramat, Mansour

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

6

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

73

Abstract

A theoretical study of the convolution technique in Average Quality Index (AQI) gradient estimation of electronic circuits is presented. In this study, we use the novel theory of circuit class, which allows evaluating the performance of convolution technique over a large number of realistic circuits. The advantages of the convolution technique in nondifferentiable density function of circuit parameters are demonstrated. In addition, the optimal range of the control parameter in convolution technique is obtained for practical applications. The theoretical results confirm the results reported in the related literature

Keywords

convolution; gradient methods; network synthesis; average quality index; circuit class; control parameter; convolution; electronic circuit; gradient estimation; nondifferentiable probability density function; parametric yield; statistical circuit design; Circuit analysis; Circuit synthesis; Convolution; Density functional theory; Design optimization; Electronic circuits; Optimal control; Performance evaluation; Production; 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.1999.780098

Filename

780098