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Statistical Analysis of Process Variation Based on Indirect Measurements for Electronic System Design

Ivan Ukhov Author homepage
 
Mattias Villani
Petru Eles Author homepage
 
Zebo Peng Author homepage

Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2014), SunTec, Singapore, January 20–23, 2014.

ABSTRACT
We present a framework for the analysis of process variation across semiconductor wafers. The framework is capable of quantifying the primary parameters affected by process variation, e.g., the effective channel length, which is in contrast with the former techniques wherein only secondary parameters were considered, e.g., the leakage current. Instead of taking direct measurements of the quantity of interest, we employ Bayesian inference to draw conclusions based on indirect observations, e.g., on temperature. The proposed approach has low costs since no deployment of expensive test structures might be needed or only a small subset of the test equipments already deployed for other purposes might need to be activated. The experimental results present an assessment of our framework for a wide range of configurations.


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[UVEP14] Ivan Ukhov, Mattias Villani, Petru Eles, Zebo Peng, "Statistical Analysis of Process Variation Based on Indirect Measurements for Electronic System Design", Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2014), SunTec, Singapore, January 20–23, 2014.
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