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Theoretical Advances and Applications of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing, Selection of Papers from IFSA 2007; 01/2007
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Neural Nets, 16th Italian Workshop on Neural Nets, WIRN 2005, and International Workshop on Natural and Artificial Immune Systems, NAIS 2005, Vietri sul Mare, Italy, June 8-11, 2005, Revised Selected Papers; 01/2005
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Proceedings of the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2005, 2-4 September 2005, Edinburgh, UK; 01/2005
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Reliable Computing. 01/2004; 10:335-355.
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ABSTRACT: Tolerance analysis is a very important tool for chip design in the microelectronics industry. The usual method for tolerance analysis is Monte Carlo simulation, which, however, is extremely CPU intensive, because in order to yield statistically significant results, it needs to generate a large sample of function values. Here we report on another method, recently introduced in several fields, called stochastic response surface method, which might be a viable alternative to Monte Carlo simulation for some classes of problems. The application considered here is on the tolerance analysis of the current of a submicrometer n+-n-n+ diode as a function of the channel length and the channel doping. The numerical simulator for calculating the current is based on the energy transport hydrodynamical model introduced by Stratton, which is one of the most widely used in this field.
COMPEL International Journal of Computations and Mathematics in Electrical 05/2003; 22(2):314-327. · 0.30 Impact Factor