Monte Carlo (MC) analysis is often considered a golden reference for yield analysis because of its high accuracy. However, repeating the simulation hundreds of times is often too expensive for large circuit designs. The most widely used approach to reduce MC complexity is using efficient sampling methods to reduce the number of simulations. Aside from those sampling techniques, this paper proposes a novel approach to further improve MC simulation speed with almost the same accuracy. By using an improved delta circuit model, simulation speed can be improved automatically due to the dynamic step control in transient analysis. In order to further improve the efficiency while combining the delta circuit model and the sampling technique, a cluster-based delta-QMC technique is proposed in this paper to reduce the delta change in each sample. Experimental results indicate that the proposed approach can increase speed by two orders of magnitude with almost the same accuracy, which significantly improves the efficiency of yield analysis.
Tạp chí khoa học Trường Đại học Cần Thơ
Lầu 4, Nhà Điều Hành, Khu II, đường 3/2, P. Xuân Khánh, Q. Ninh Kiều, TP. Cần Thơ
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