Yield Optimization for Nondifferentiable Density Functions Using Convolution Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 1053-1067

  Tang, Tian Shen ^a   Styblinski, M A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FILTERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ANALOG ELECTRIC FILTERS; CONVOLUTION APPROXIMATION; NONDIFFERENTIABLE PARAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; STATISTICAL CIRCUIT DESIGN; YIELD GRADIENT ESTIMATION;

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0024091096     PISSN: 02780070     EISSN: 19374151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/43.7805     Document Type: Article

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