DFY/DFM - design for yield and manufacturability (industrial tutorial)

Abstract

Summary form only given, as follows. The tutorial presents an introduction into "DfY/DfM - Design for Yield and Manufacturability" covering basics of analogue circuit simulation, statistical analysis and design centering from both methodology/implementation as well as from the industrial application side. The tutorial presents the following six topics: introduction into DfY/DfM, basics of analogue circuit simulation, methodology for statistical circuit analysis and yield optimisation, software solutions and design flow integration, design flow specific industrial applications and use cases closing with an outlook on actual and future challenges in the DfY/DfM area regarding a global design environment. Intended audience: analogue- and mixed-signal circuit designers, CAD- and design-support engineers (library management, technology migration and design reuse, process characterisation)