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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume 48 Number 12, December 2000

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Nonlinear Statistical Modeling and Yield Estimation Technique for Use in Monte Carlo Simulations

Jan F. Swidzinski and Kai Chang Fellow, IEEE

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Abstract:

A novel nonlinear statistical modeling technique for microwave devices and a new approach to yield estimation for microwave integrated circuits are presented. The statistical modeling methodology is based on a combination of applied multivariate methods with heuristic techniques. These include principal component analysis and factor analysis in conjunction with maximally flat quadratic interpolation and group method of data handling. The proposed modeling approach, when applied to the database of extracted equivalent circuit parameters (ECPs) for a pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor device, has proven that it can generate simulated ECPs, S-parameters,that are statistically indistinguishable from a measured ones. A new yield estimation technique based on a Latin hypercube sampling (LHS) is also demonstrated. The LHS-based simulation is utilized as an alternative to primitive Monte Carlo (PMC) simulation in yield analysis. An equally confident yield estimate based on the LHS method requires only one-fourth of those simulations needed when the PMC technique is used.

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