Gate-level Power Optimization Techniques: Enhancing …

Gate-level power optimization techniques are essential in the field of digital design to reduce power consumption in integrated circuits. These techniques focus on minimizing power dissipation at the gate level, which is the lowest level of abstraction in the design process. By optimizing the gates, designers can achieve significant power …

Process, Circuit and System Co-optimization of Wafer Level …

Abstract: We present for the first time a co-integrated FinFET with vertical nanosheet transistor (VFET) process on a 300 mm silicon wafer for STT-MRAM applications and its related avenues with a holistic design-technology-co-optimization (DTCO) and power-performance-area-cost (PPAC) approach. The STT-MRAM bitcell and a 2 Mbit macro …

An Overlapping Model for New Product Development Process Optimization …

Example results and application are shown for an industrial process, the preliminary design of an aerospace product. The overlapping sequencing optimization model yields and reinforces several managerial insights, including: how overlapping and iteration affect a PD process, trade off between compressed duration and risk.

Standard Cell Design Optimization with Advanced MOL

In this paper, standard cell design challenges for the 3nm process are introduced, solved, and optimized using the advanced MOL technology, AC P–N connection. In this methodology, each drain nodes of P and NMOS are connected using a single MOL layer (AC). Utilizing the AC P–N connection, standard cell library can be improved in three …

Bayesian Optimization Approach for Analog Circuit …

Abstract: In this paper, we propose an efficient Bayesian optimization approach for analog circuit synthesis based on the multi-task Gaussian process model. Instead of building the Gaussian process models separately for each circuit specification as the traditional Bayesian optimization methods do, we extend the Gaussian process to a …

Process Control and Optimization of 4H-SiC Semiconductor …

Abstract: Processing techniques for 4H-SiC devices and circuits are optimized. The SiC mesa etching process has a variation of <;5% over the wafer. The average n-type contact resistivity is 1.15x10 -6 Ohm.cm 2.The fabricated devices and circuits with one-layer metal interconnect have high yield with no need of chemical-mechanical planarization process.

Process Optimization Explained

Process optimization is a set of methods and tools used to make processes more efficient and effective. There are several types of process optimization techniques, including process mapping, process mining, and Six Sigma. When optimizing a process, it's important to identify goals, analyze current processes, develop an optimized process, …

Yield Optimization for Analog Circuits over Multiple Corners …

This paper presents an efficient yield optimization method for analog circuits via Gaussian process classification and varying-sigma sampling. To quickly …

(PDF) Design and Optimization of Comminution …

CITIC SMCC Process Technology (CITIC SMCC) has developed a comprehensive integrated approach for the design and optimization of comminution circuits, which is based on power-based equations ...

An efficient yield optimization method for analog circuits …

Efficient yield optimization for analog and sram circuits via gaussian process regression and adaptive yield estimation. IEEE TCAD 37, 10 (2018), 1929--1942. Google Scholar Digital Library; Mengshuo Wang, Fan Yang, Changhao Yan, Xuan Zeng, and Xiangdong Hu. 2017. Efficient Bayesian yield optimization approach for analog and SRAM circuits.

Process Optimization of Integrated SiCr Thin-Film Resistor …

We investigated the characteristic variation of an integrated thin-film resistor (TFR), which is composed of silicon chromium (SiCr), according to process conditions and its effects on analog circuits. To improve TFR properties, such as temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and mismatch, the integrated TFR was examined under various …

Practical circuit optimization algorithm for quantum …

We propose a circuit optimization algorithm that facilitates the implementation of various applications on noise intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices. The algorithm is hardware-independent and reduces the overall circuit cost of Hamiltonian simulation, particularly by minimizing the number of CNOT gates. Our …

Learning to Design Circuits

evolutionary algorithm [4] can be used to solve the optimization problem, the process is stochastic and lacks reproducibility. In [5], researchers also proposed model-based simulation-based hybrid method ... A reinforcement learning based analog circuit optimization method. It is a learning-based method that updates optimization strategy …

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DOI: 10.1109/TED.2013.2289885 Corpus ID: 8967971; Process Optimization of Integrated SiCr Thin-Film Resistor for High-Performance Analog Circuits @article{Kwon2014ProcessOO, title={Process Optimization of Integrated SiCr Thin-Film Resistor for High-Performance Analog Circuits}, author={Young-Cheon Kwon and …

Multi-objective Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization and its …

The presence of RF components in mixed-signal circuits make it a challenging task to resolve tradeoffs among performance specifications. In order to ease the process of circuit design, these tradeoffs are being analyzed using multi-objective optimization methodologies. This paper presents a hybrid multi-objective optimization …

Eco-friendly recovery of base and precious metals from …

Printed circuit boards (PCBs) are fundamental and ubiquitous components of nearly all electronic systems. ... More in-depth optimization of the glycine process for the copper leaching at a faster rate with higher solid content would further reduce its footprint. Download : Download high-res image (707KB) Download : Download full-size …

Process Multi-Circuit Optimization

In theory, concurrent process, device, and circuit optimization could be represented as a "flat" problem, with the fabrication process controls and circuit geometries as the design variables and circuit performances as the objective, that is solved "all-at-once" using process, device, and circuit simulators to estimate state values.

Enhanced Shor's algorithm with quantum circuit optimization

The algorithm incorporates quantum circuit optimization techniques to reduce the resource requirements, making it more efficient and practical. ... This optimization contributed to a streamlined and efficient factorization process, particularly for numbers with complex factorization patterns. 7 Discussion.

Evolutionary Optimization Techniques in Analog Integrated Circuit …

Abstract. The proposed genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) applied for the optimal design of a one-stage operational amplifier circuit with a current mirror load are studied in this work. The sizes of transistors are optimized using the proposed GA and PSO for improved areas and performance …

Process Optimization based on the Multi-chip RF Integrated Circuits …

The crosstalk noise between lines can be reduced, and the impedance can be controlled easily and effectively, witch improving the overall performance of integrated circuits. In this paper, process optimization is carried out on the basis of multi-chip system-level integration of conventional process flow.

Circuit Optimization for 2D and 3D ICs with Machine Learning

Circuit Optimization for 2D and 3D ICs with Machine Learning. Chapter. First Online: 01 January 2023. pp 247–275. Cite this chapter. Download book PDF. …

Process Variation-Aware Analog Circuit Sizing: Uncertain Optimization

This chapter provides a general overview of uncertain optimization techniques for process variation-aware analog IC sizing problem. The next chapter will provide examples of ordinal optimization (OO)-based Monte-Carlo (MC) methods. This chapter is organized as follows. Section 5.1 gives the introduction and problem formulation.

Process technology for radiation-hardened CMOS integrated circuits

A process technology for radiation-hardened CMOS integrated circuits has been defined. Process parameters for the SiO/SUB 2/ gate insulator have been optimized for radiation hardness, and circuit latch-up due to parasitic p-n-p-n structures on the integrated circuits has been prevented by gold-doping the silicon substrate to reduce carrier …

Circuits Assembly Online Magazine

Printed circuit board assembly requires extraordinary precision and repeatability. The screen process is considered the most critical process in the surface mount technology (SMT) assembly process. According to some studies, 70% of SMT defects can be traced back to the screen process (FIGURE 1). …

Analysis and optimization of noises of an analog circuit via …

The strategy for analysis of noise generated in the analog circuit is presented here. Further, methodology for optimization of noise to improve the performance of the circuit using an optimization algorithm is defined. Presence of noise affects the performance of the circuit, thus in the design process, the analysis of the noise must …

Process Multi-Circuit Optimization

Process Multi-Circuit Optimization (PMCO), the methodology of this paper, draws on ideas from the general area of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO) [7], and is …

Model based process optimization of nanosuspension preparation via …

The present study focuses on model based parameter optimization of nanosuspension preparation via wet stirred media milling. Based on experimental data of nanomilling a crystalline organic material, two different approaches for process optimization were evaluated: The stress model for stirred media mills, introduced by …

Yield Optimization for Analog Circuits over Multiple …

The reliability of circuits is significantly affected by process variations in manufacturing and environmental variation during operation. Current yield optimization algorithms take process variations into consideration to improve circuit reliability. ...

A novel yield optimization technique for digital CMOS circuits …

This work presents a novel approach to optimize digital integrated circuits yield referring to speed, dynamic power and leakage power constraints. The method is based on process parameter estimation circuits and active control of body bias performed by an on-chip digital controller. The associated design flow allows us to quantitatively …

Circuit Optimization over Multiple Process Corners for …

Bayesian optimization with Gaussian Process (GP)models has been proposed for analog synthesis since it is efficientfor the optimizations of expensive black-box functions.

On the minimal time for the process of analog circuit optimization

The process of analogue circuit optimization is mathematically defined as a controllable dynamic system. In this context the minimization of the processor time of designing can be formulated as a problem of time minimization for transitional process of dynamic system. A special control vector that changes the internal structure of the …