2 papers
cs.CE2026
Simulation-Efficient Analog Circuit Yield Optimization via Monte Carlo Zeroth-Order Gradient Estimation
Liyan Tan, Yequan Zhao, Ben F. Jamroz +2
Yield optimization under process variation is expensive because each candidate design must be evaluated across many Monte Carlo SPICE samples. The resulting finite-sample yield is…
cs.CE2026
ZOAF: Towards Efficient Zeroth-Order Optimization for Analog/RF Circuit Design
Liyan Tan, Yequan Zhao, Jinming Lu +3
Circuit optimization is an indispensable step in analog/RF IC design. Classical fast gradient-based optimization methods are typically infeasible due to lack of access to simulator…