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Hierarchical statistical characterization of mixed-signal circuits using behavioral modeling

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A methodology for hierarchical statistical circuit characterization which does not rely upon circuit-level Monte Carlo simulation is presented and permits the statistical characterization of large analog and mixed-signal systems.
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A methodology for hierarchical statistical circuit characterization which does not rely upon circuit-level Monte Carlo simulation is presented. The methodology uses principal component analysis, response surface methodology, and statistics to directly calculate the statistical distributions of higher-level parameters from the distributions of lower-level parameters. We have used the methodology to characterize a folded cascode operational amplifier and a phase-locked loop. This methodology permits the statistical characterization of large analog and mixed-signal systems, many of which are extremely time-consuming or impossible to characterize using existing methods.

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