Simulation method for efficient characterization of electronic systems under variability effects

A method of determining the behavior of an electronic system comprising electronic components under variability, the method comprising:

• (1) for at least one parameter of at least one of the electronic components, showing variability defining a range and a population of possible values within the range, each possible value having a probability of occurrence, thereby defining an input domain;
• (2) selecting inputs randomly from the input domain, wherein the probability to sample (PTS) is obtained from the probability of occurrence (PTOIR) as PTSinputdomain=(PTOIRinputdomain)(1−gamma), wherein gamma is a specific non-zero number in the range of about −1 to +2;
• (3) performing a simulation to obtain the performance parameters of the electronic system, thereby defining an output domain sample;
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• (4) aggregating the results of the individual computations into the parameter/variability of the electronic system and assigning a frequency of occurrence FoO to the resulting sample being FoOoutputdomain=(PTOIRinputdomain)(gamma), the parameter variability and the frequency of occurrence defining the behavior.