Table 6 Design centering results for Circuit III (Fig. 5c).

From: Rapid yield optimization of miniaturized microwave passives by response features and variable-fidelity EM simulations

Optimization algorithm

Initial yield

Optimized yield

CPU cost$

Estimated by surrogate model (%)

EM-based (%)

Estimated by surrogate model (%)

EM-based (%)

Reference algorithm 1

80

71

99

93

800

Reference algorithm 2

88

71

96

91

500

Reference algorithm 3

74

71

94

92

123

Reference algorithm 4

71

71

93

89

32

This work (“Yield optimization of microwave passives using multi-fidelity response features” section)

71

71

90

89

19.6#

  1. $Optimization cost in number of EM simulations of the considered circuit.
  2. #Equivalent number of high-fidelity EM simulations (actual number of analyzes was 6 high-fidelity and 30 low-fidelity).
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