Machine learning for yield learning and optimization

Y Lin, MB Alawieh, W Ye, DZ Pan - 2018 IEEE International Test …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Yield learning and optimization are critical for advanced IC design and manufacturing.
Recent advance in machine learning has brought a lot of new opportunities in improving the …

Fast and expandable ANN-based compact model and parameter extraction for emerging transistors

H Jeong, S Woo, J Choi, H Cho, Y Kim… - IEEE Journal of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a fast and expandable artificial neural network (ANN)-based
compact model and parameter extraction flow to replace the existing complicated compact …

Towards decrypting the art of analog layout: Placement quality prediction via transfer learning

M Liu, K Zhu, J Gu, L Shen, X Tang… - … Design, Automation & …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite tremendous efforts in analog layout automation, little adoption has been
demonstrated in practical design flows. Traditional analog layout synthesis tools use various …

Lithography hotspot detection: From shallow to deep learning

H Yang, Y Lin, B Yu, EFY Young - 2017 30th IEEE International …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As VLSI technology nodes continue, the gap between lithography system manufacturing
ability and transistor feature size induces serious problems, thus lithography hotspot …

A hierarchical performance equation library for basic op-amp design

I Abel, M Neuner, HE Graeb - IEEE Transactions on Computer …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new approach to automate the setup of the design equations of the
manual analog design process. Its main contribution is a comprehensive hierarchical …

Design-phase buffer allocation for post-silicon clock binning by iterative learning

GL Zhang, B Li, J Liu, Y Shi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At submicrometer manufacturing technology nodes, process variations affect circuit
performance significantly. To counter these variations, engineers are reserving more timing …

Modeling the dependency of analog circuit performance parameters on manufacturing process variations with applications in sensitivity analysis and yield prediction

ED Şandru, E David, I Kovacs, A Buzo… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a consistent dependence between integrated circuits (ICs) performance parameters
and manufacturing process variations and capturing it at an early development phase …

Massive multisite variability-aware die distribution estimation for analog/mixed-signal circuits test validation

PO Farayola, I Bruce, SK Chaganti… - … on Design & …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Massive multisite testing significantly reduces test cost and immensely increases production
throughput by simultaneously screening multiple devices under test (DUTs). However, non …

Efficient hierarchical performance modeling for integrated circuits via bayesian co-learning

M Alawieh, F Wang, X Li - Proceedings of the 54th Annual Design …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
With the continuous drive towards integrated circuits scaling, efficient performance modeling
is becoming more crucial yet, more challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel method of …

Efficient hierarchical performance modeling for analog and mixed-signal circuits via bayesian co-learning

MB Alawieh, F Wang, X Li - IEEE Transactions on Computer …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the continuous drive toward integrated circuits scaling, efficient performance modeling
is becoming more crucial yet more challenging. In this paper, we propose a novel method of …