an Cannot access individual noise contributions using SpectreMDL By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:21:23 GMT I have tried replicating the setup described in a previous post (here), with the proposed solution. The MDL measurements return a value of 0 for all exported result but the first. Using Viva I can actually see the correct value for each contribution. I am using :- Spectre 23.1.0.538.isr10- Viva IC23.1-64b.ISR8.40 What should I do differently? Thanks! ***** test.scs ***** r1 (1 0) res_model l=10e-6 w=2e-6 r2 (2 1) res_model l=15e-6 w=2e-6 vr (2 0) vsource dc=1.0 mag=1 model res_model resistor rsh=100 kf=1e-20*exp(dkf) parameters dkf=0 statistics { process { vary dkf dist=gauss std=0.5 } } noi (1 0) noise freq=1 /***** test.mdl *****/ alias measurement noi_test { run noi; export real noi_total=noi_test:out; export real r1_total=r1:total; export real r1_flicker=r1:fn; export real r1_thermal=r1:rn; export real r2_total=r2:total; export real r2_flicker=r2:fn; export real r2_thermal=r2:rn; } run noi_test **** test.measure **** Measurement Name : noi_testAnalysis Type : noisenoi_total = 6.9282e-06 r1_flicker = 0 r1_thermal = 0 r1_total = 0 r2_flicker = 0 r2_thermal = 0 r2_total = 0 Full Article
an Error using probe terminal for dspf stb analysis By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:02:43 GMT IC 23.1-64b.ISR8.40 Hi all, I'm trying to run an stb analysis in a dspf extracted view via Probe terminal. The instance exist in the dspf and I already prepended the X that is placed in the dspf extraction. Spectre complains with the following error: Error found by spectre during STB analysis `stb'. ERROR (SPECTRE-16408): The probe parameter must be specified to perform stability analysis.Analysis `stb' was terminated prematurely due to an error. What is missing here? Full Article
an How can I place stacked vias with the size exact same cut width without metals around? By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 12:40:16 GMT How can I place stacked vias with the size exact same cut width without metals around?As the red part only in the image below? Full Article
an Change code in veriloga view from external program By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 15:31:02 GMT For reasons too complicated to go into here, I need to generate the code for a veriloga view from a outside the normal Verilog-A editor. I would start with an "empty" veriloga view generated from the symbol in the normal way so I get the port order correct, then use external code to provide "guts" of the veriloga view by overwriting the generated code. My understanding is that and code changes made external to the normal flow do not get picked up by Cadence - the Verilog-A code gets read at design time, not at netlist time. Would simply forcing a check and save of the veriloga view after the code is modified fix that problem? Or is there an easier way to incorporate externally generated Verilog-A code? Full Article
an Author and library name in sheet border By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 10:05:54 GMT Dear community We would like to have more minimalistic and customized sheet borders for our schematics. I used this guide to create a starting point. Essentially, I made a copy of the US_8ths library and modified the Title symbol to look something like that: Problem 1 The variable ilInst~>libName points to the library of the sheet border symbols, not to the library of the schematic. How do I need to modify this field in order to see the library name of the schematic where the border is instantiated? Problem 2 The function CCSgetCreator() was taken from here. This solution does not seem to work with our management toll (we use VersIC); the function always returns nil as value. What is the simplest way to display the name of the user that created the schematic? A custom field that could be filled manually would also do the job for us; it doesn't need to be something that automatically fetches data from a database system. Thanks for any input. Full Article
an Verilog-A: Can I ignore WARNING (VACOMP-1047) By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:26:29 GMT I need to include Verilog-A files which live outside the Cadence ecosystem (i.e., they are not in veriloga views but rather are just text files) into a veriloga view. These external modules are not compatible with OA (parametized port widths) so I can't put them into cellviews and hook them together using schematics. Example: I have a cellview "test" which has a symbol and veriloga view. I have three "externaI" modules mod1 (inside an external file mod1.va), mod2 (inside an external file mod2.va), and mod3 (inside an external file mod3.va). I instantiate one instance of each module in "module test". The three modules have some parametized ports which are interconnected by parameterized signals p1 and p2. These two signals are strictly local to the module. At the bottom of the module I use "`include mod1.va", "`mod2.va", etc. When I check and save test->veriloga it checks all the included modules as well as the "test" module. However, I get a warning: Warning from spectre during AHDL compile. WARNING (VACOMP-1047): The Verilog-A file contains more than one module definition. ADE can process only one module per Verilog-A file. Put only one module in each Verilog-A file so that ADE can identify pin names, directions, and hierarchy within each separate module. Is this just a SUGGESTION that I can safely ignore, or are my included modules going to be ignored? Full Article
an Transient Simulation waveform abnormal By community.cadence.com Published On :: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 14:23:52 GMT Hello Everybody Recently, I want to design a high output Power Amplifier at 2.4GHz using TSMC 1P6M CMOS Bulk Process. I use its nmos_rf_25_6t transistor model to determine the approximate mosfet size I use the most common Common-Source Differential Amplifier topology with neutralizing capacitor to improve its stability and power gain performance Because I want to output large power, the size of mosfet is very large, the gate width is about 2mm, when I perform harmonic balance analysis, everything is alright, the OP1dB is about 28dBm (0.63Watt) But When I perform Transient simulation, the magnitude of voltage and current waveform at the saturation point is too small, for voltgae, Vpeaking is about 50mV, for current, Ipeaking is about 5mA I assume some reasons: the bsim4 model is not complete/ the virtuoso version is wrong (My virtuoso version is IC6.1.7-64b.500.21)/the spectre version is wrong (spectre version is 15.1.0 32bit)/the MMSIM version is wrong/Transient Simulation setting is wrong (the algorithm is select gear2only, but when I select other, like: trap, the results have no difference), the maxstep I set 5ps, minstep I set 2ps to improve simulation speed, I think this step is much smaller than the fundamental period (1/2.4e9≈416ps) I have no idea how to solve this problem, please help me! Thank you very very much! Full Article
an Characterization of Full adder that use transmission gates using liberate By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 17:59:38 GMT Hello,I'm trying to characterize a full adder that use transmission gate.Unfortunately, the power calculation are wrong for the cell are always negative.Is there any method or commands that can can help in power calculation or add the power consumption by the input pins to the power calculation ?Another question, Is liberate support the characterization or transmission gate cells as standard cells or I should use liberate AMS for these type of cells ?Thanks in advance,Tareq Full Article
an AMS simvision cannot load big psf.trn By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 11 Nov 2024 18:27:49 GMT Hello all, I have run a simulation with a lot of instnaces extraction and the psf.trn is >= 200 Gb, I tried to load it with simvision and it just breaks. I would like to ask if there is a way to open this file, e.g. if I could read only some time window e.g. from 10us -> 15us. getVersion(t) "sub-version ICADVM20.1-64b.500.34 " XCELIUMMAIN23.03.001 thank you in advance Full Article
an How to Set Up a Config View to Easily Switch Between Schematic and Calibre of DUT for Multiple Testbenches? By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 12 Nov 2024 16:22:53 GMT Hello everyone, I hope you're all doing well. I’ve set up two testbenches (TB1 and TB2) for my Design Under Test (DUT) using Cadence IC6.1.8-64b.500.21 tools, as shown in the attached figure. The DUT has multiple views available: schematic, Calibre, Maestro, and Symbol, and each testbench uses the same DUT in different scenarios. Currently, I have to manually switch between these views, but I would like to streamline this process. My goal is to use a single config view that allows me to switch between the schematic and the extracted (Calibre) views. Ideally, I would like to have a configuration file where making changes once would update both testbenches (TB1 and TB2) automatically. In other words, when I modify one config, both testbenches should reflect this update for a single simulation run. I would really appreciate it if you could guide me on the following: How to create a config view for my DUT that can be used to easily switch between the schematic and extracted views, impacting both TB1 and TB2. Where to specify view priorities or other settings to control which view is used during simulation. Best practices for using a config file in this scenario, so that it ensures consistency across multiple testbenches. Please refer to the attached figure to get a better understanding of the setup I’m using, where both TB1 and TB2 include the same DUT with multiple available views. Thank you so much for your time and assistance! Full Article
an Importing ODF to vManager does not update vplan By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Mar 2024 06:20:00 GMT I exported vplan to .odf file in vManager and after editing it I imported it to vManager. The vplan was expected to be synchronized and updated. However, nothing has changed to it. Does anyone know why? Full Article
an UVM debugging: How to save and load signals during an interactive session in Simvision By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:18:50 GMT Hello, I am aware of command script .svcf file that saves signals and loads them in while opening Simvision. I am wondering, if there is a way for saving signals while we are in an interactive session and loading them next time when we open Simvision interactively. Any ideas on how to do this? Thank you in advance. Swetha. C Full Article
an Using Vmanager Pre-Script to launch a timed script By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 23:32:05 GMT I would like to send an update about a vmanager regression status x days after the regression has been run. In the current environment, the vmanager regression is creating a new filepath for logs automatically based on regression name/date, so I can't use a cron job to gather logs, as the log location is not known. I tried to use the pre session script to launch a detached shell script that would run after a delay, but when the pre_script runs, it waits until everything is completed before finishing and moving on to starting the regression. Here is the test pre_script I am using: #!/bin/sh echo "pre_script start" delay_script "FIRST" 1nohup delay_script "SECOND" 30 & disowndelay_script "THIRD" 1 echo "pre_script end"exit 0 Here is the test delay_script I am using: #!/bin/sh echo "Starting $1" sleep $2 echo "Ending $1" Here is the script output when run from terminal. After the "pre_script end", I get control back. Here is the script output when run from vmanager. There is no "nohup", and the pre_session phase doesn't complete until all the delay scripts complete. My question is, is there a better way to achieve my goal here? (The goal being to run a script from the vmanager log directory automatically x days after the regression). I think I could use the pre_script to send directory information for an auxiliary cron job to pick up, but I would prefer to not have to have extra cronjobs needed for this. Full Article
an vManager crashes when analyzing multiple sessions simultaneously with a fatal error detected by the Java Runtime Environment By community.cadence.com Published On :: Sat, 16 Mar 2024 04:34:41 GMT When analyzing multiple sessions simultaneously Verisium Manager crashed and reported below error messages: # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007efc52861b74, pid=14182, tid=18380 # # JRE version: OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-17.0.3+7 (17.0.3+7) (build 17.0.3+7) # Java VM: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.3+7 (17.0.3+7, mixed mode, sharing, tiered, compressed oops, compressed class ptrs, g1 gc, linux-amd64) # Problematic frame: # C [libucis.so+0x238b74] ...... For more details please refer to the attached log file "hs_err_pid21143.log". Two approaches were tried to solve this problem but neither has worked. Method.1: Setting larger heap size of Java process by "-memlimit" options.For example "vmanager -memlimit 8G". Method.2: Enlarging stack memory size limit of the Coverage engine by setting "IMC_NATIVE_STACKSIZE" environment variable to a larger value. For example "setenv IMC_NATIVE_STACKSIZE 1024000" According to "hs_err_pid*.log" it is almost certain that the memory overflow triggered Java's CrashOnOutOfMemoryError and caused Verisium Manager to crash. There are some arguments about memory management of Java like "Xms, Xmx, ThreadStackSize, Xss5048k etc" and maybe this problem can be fixed by setting these arguments during analysis. However, how exactly does Verisium Manager specify these arguments during analysis? I tried to set them by the form of setting environment variables before analysis but it didn't work in analysis and their values didn't change. Is there something wrong with my operation or is there a better solution? Thank you very much. Full Article
an explain/correct my understanding between average/covered in imc metrics By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:36:41 GMT I'm working on the code coverage. Doing a metrics analysis by default we see overall average grade and overall covered. But when i do a block analysis on an instance i see overall covered grade, code covered grade, block covered grade, statement covered grade, expression covered grade, toggle covered grade. As I dont know the difference I started to read the IMC user guide and came to know there are 3 things we come across while doing a code coverage local, covered, average From my understanding local - child instances metrics doesnt reach the parent level. For example, we have an instance Q and its sub instances like Q.a, Q.b. Block Local grade of Q can be 100% even when its instances Q.a and Q.b a block local grades isnt at 100%. In the attached image there is formula The key difference between average and covered is the weights. Average : Mathematically taking the above scenario where Q.a, and Q.b has 10 blocks each. Q.a has covered 8 blocks and q.b has covered 2 blocks. Now if we take the normal average it should be total covered/ totatl number = 8+2/10+10 yielding 50%. But when we add weights saying Q.a is 70% and Q.b is 30% the new number would be (8*0.7+2*0.3) / (10*0.7+10*0.3) resulting 62%. Because of the weights we see 12% bump. Covered: there is no role of weights. Among these 3 metrics i've changed my default view to this in the image to get more realistic picture when i do analyze metrics. Do you guys agree with the approach? Full Article
an Parameterizing an Instance By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 16:03:12 GMT Hi,I want to parameterized width and length of a NMOS, but it ignore it and I face this error:*WARNING* Value input must be a number - setting back to previous value.Does anybody know how I can fix this issue?Thanks Full Article
an Issues related to cadence xrun command By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 06:47:05 GMT We are trying to run compilation, elab and sim with command xrun -r -u alu, where alu is one of the units to execute. we are getting the following errors.1) xmsim: *E,DLMKDF: Unable to add default DEFINE std /home/xxxx/Cad/xcelium/tools/inca/files/STD. xmsim: *E,DLMKDF: Unable to add default DEFINE synopsys /home/xxxx/Cad/xcelium/tools/inca/files/SYNOPSYS 2) xmsim: *W,DLNOHV: Unable to find an 'hdl.var' file to load in. What is the purpose of hdl.var3) xmsim: *F,NOSNAP: Snapshot 'alu' does not exist in the libraries. I cannot see in log files, which libraries is it referring to?? Any one request you to help on how to debug these. Full Article
an Collecting Coverage using Vmanager By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:13:36 GMT Hi, I am running a regression in order to collect the coverage. However I have an issue. I am setting a signal to 0 when reset is de-asserted then this signal takes a fixed value when the reset is asserted. if(!rst_n) init_val= 'b0; else init_val= 31'h34013FF7 the issue is that I got 0% coverage for the init_value since we only have a rising edge and the signal is not toggling during the simulation. is there an option to collect coverage when there is a rising edge or a falling edge? Full Article
an Using vManager to identify line coverage from a specific test By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:20:52 GMT I have been using the rank feature to identify tests that are redundant in our environment, but then I realized I'd also like to be able to see exactly what coverage goes into increasing the delta_cov value for a given test. If I had a test in my rank report that contributed 0.5% of the delta_cov, how could I got about seeing exactly where that 0.5% was coming from? It seems like that might be part of the correlate function, but I couldn't mange to find a way to see what specific coverage was being contributed for a given test. Full Article
an Archive of Tools Classification Analysis (Xcelium) By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:19:01 GMT Hi, Current and valid TCAs for Functional Safety are readily available at the FuSa "one-stop shop". But I have not been able to find any archive repository for access to the obsoleted versions. I would need to have also v1.4 of Xcelum TCA to investigate exact changes wrt previous projects. Anyone knows how to find it? Best regards, Lars Full Article
an Using "add net constraints" command in Conformal By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:37:14 GMT Hi I have tried using "add net constraints" command to place one-cold constraints on a tristate enable bus. In the command line we need to specify the "net pathname" on which the constraints are to be enforced. The bus here is 20-bit. How should the net pathname be specified to make this 20-bit bus signals one_hot or one_cold. The bus was declared as follows: ten_bus [19:0] The command I used was add net constraints one_hot /ren_bus[19] What would the above command mean? Should we not specify all the nets' pathnames on the bus? Is it sufficient to specify the pathname of one net on the bus? I could not get much info regarding the functionality of this command. I would be obliged if anyone can throw some light. Thanks Prasad. Originally posted in cdnusers.org by anssprasad Full Article
an c interface with specman By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:56:58 GMT Hi, I need to call a c function form specman . I had followed the below steps.File vb_pattern.e---------------------------------  struct vb_pattern_s{ %data_in_ch0 : uint (bits : 4);  // data on channel 0 %data_in_ch1 : uint (bits : 4);  // data on channed 1 %data_in_ch2 : uint (bits : 4);  // data on channel 2 %mode : uint (bits : 1);         // mode  %enable : uint (bits : 1);       // enable };C export vb_pattern_s;------file x_output_bfm.e--------------------------------------------check_patterns()@clk_e is{ ... exp_viterbi_op();}routine exp_viterbi_op() is C routine viterbi_c_func;---- EOF------X.c#include "vb_pattern.h" void viterbi_c_func (){ SN_TYPE(vb_pattern_s) vb_packet; SN_TYPE(mode)  mode; vb_packet = SN_SYS->ops mode = vb_packet->mode; printf(" Printing from C environment MODE = %h ", mode); }------------------- EOF----x_top.e------------import tb/vb_pattern.e;import tb/x_input_bfm.e;import tb/x_output_bfm.e;import tb/x_cover_dut.e;import tb/x_env.e;I  did the following comand>> sn_compile.sh -h_only x_top.e -o vb_pattern.h>> gcc -c viterbi.c -o viterbi.oI am getting the following errorviterbi.c: In function `viterbi_c_func':viterbi.c:6: error: `t__mode' undeclared (first use in this function)viterbi.c:6: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only onceviterbi.c:6: error: for each function it appears in.)viterbi.c:6: error: syntax error before "mode"viterbi.c:7: error: `mode' undeclared (first use in this function)Please help me resolve this.Kesav   Originally posted in cdnusers.org by kesava Full Article
an ce_tools directory no longer shipped with Specman By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:59:07 GMT Hello All,starting with version 8.1 the contents of the ce_tools directory will no longerbe shipped with Specman. The directory contains some unsupported AE/R&Dware and has not been updated for several releases (i.e. most of those oldpackages don't work with the latest release). Attached is the contents of this directory. Please read the README beforeusing any of the packages.Regards,-hannesOriginally posted in cdnusers.org by hannes Full Article
an Specman Makefile generator utility By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:31:45 GMT I've heard lots of people asking for a way to generate Makefiles for Specman code, and it seems there are some who don't use "irun" which takes care of this automatically. So I wrote this little utility to build a basic Makefile based on the compiled and loaded e code.It's really easy to use: at any time load the snmakedeps.e into Specman, and use "write makefile <name> [-ignore_test]".This will dump a Makefile with a set of variables corresponding to the loaded packages, and targets to build any compiled modules.Using -ignore_test will avoid having the test file in the Makefile, in case you switch tests often (who doesn't?).It also writes a stub target so you can do "make stub_ncvlog" or "make stub vhdl" etc.The targets are pretty basic, I thought it was more useful to #include this into the main Makefile and define your own more complex targets / dependencies as required.The package uses the "reflection" facility of the e language, which is now documented since Specman 8.1, so you can extend this utility if you want (please share any enhancements you make). Enjoy! :-)Steve. Full Article
an e-code: Macro example code for Team Specman blog post By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:11:19 GMT Hi everybody, The attached package is a tiny code example with a demo for an upcoming Team Specman blog post about writing macros. Hilmar Full Article
an latest Specman-Matlab package By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:56:14 GMT Attached is the latest revision of the venerable Specman-Matlab package (Lead Application Engineer Jangook Lee is the latest to have refreshed it for a customer in Asia to support 64 bit mode. Look for a guest blog post from him on this package shortly.)There is a README file inside the package that gives a detailed overview, shows how to run a demo and/or validate it’s installed correctly, and explains the general test flow. The test file included in the package called "test_get_cmp_mdim.e" shows all the capabilities of the package, including:* Using Specman to initialize and tear down the Matlab engine in batch mode* Issuing Matlab commands from e-code, using the Specman command prompt to load .m files, initializing variables, and other operational tasks.* Transfering data to and from the Matlab engine to Specman / an e language test bench* Comparing data of previously retrieved Matlab arrays* Accessing Matlab arrays from e-code without converting them to e list data structure* Convert Matlab arrays into e-listsHappy coding!Team Specman Full Article
an Specman Mode for Emacs By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 13:16:39 GMT Attached is the latest emacs mode for e/Specman - version 1.23 Please follow the install instructions in the top section of the actual file (after unzipping it) to install/load this package with your emacs. Full Article
an help for $sscanf By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 04:03:22 GMT Can anyone tell me how i can supress few strings or integers while reading with $sscanf. I read a line from a file into a string. there are few strings and integers seperated by white spaces in the line. I am interested in one string which comes at postion 5 in the line. how can i suppress all other strings and integers with $scanf. i tried the following syntax but it dint work. $sscanf(line,"* * * * %s",string_arg); i am tring to supress first 4 integers/strings in the line. Full Article
an Creating cover items for sparse values/queue or define in specman By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 17:51:31 GMT Hello, I have a question I want to create a cover that consists a sparse values, pre-computed (a list or define) for example l = {1; 4; 7; 9; 2048; 700} I'd like to cover that data a (uint(bits:16)) had those values, Any suggestion on how to achieve this, I'd prefer to stay away from macros, and avoid to write a lot of code struct inst { data :uint(bits:16); opcode :uint(bits:16); !valid_data : list of uint(bits:16) = {0; 12; 10; 700; 890; 293;}; event data_e; event opcode_e; cover data_e is { item data using radix = HEX, ranges = { //I dont want to write all of this range([0], "My range1"); range([10], "My range2"); //... many values in between range([700], "My rangen"); }; item opcode; cross data, opcode; }; post_generate() is also { emit data_e; };}; Full Article
an How to transfer trained an artificial neural network to Verilog-A By community.cadence.com Published On :: Mon, 17 Oct 2022 11:58:59 GMT Hi all, I've trained a device model with the approach of an artificial neural network, and it shows well fit. May I know how to transfer the trained model to Verilog-A, so that, we can use this model to do circuit simulation? And I've searched for some lectures that provide the Verilog-A code in the appendix, but I'm freshman in the field of Verilog-A, could anyone tell me each statement? such as real hlayer-w[0:(NI*NNHL)-1 Full Article
an SI/PI Simulation and Measurement Correlation Forum By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 28 Jul 2022 04:13:00 GMT Join this insightful on-demand webinar event "SI/PI Simulation and Measurement Correlation Forum" available through Signal Integrity Journal that features industry expert presentations ranging from chip to package to complex board designs.(read more) Full Article electromagnetics Power Integrity in-design analysis Signal Integrity
an X-FAB's Innovative Communication and Automotive Designs: Powered by Cadence EMX Planar 3D Solver By community.cadence.com Published On :: Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:01:00 GMT Using the EMX solver, X-FAB design engineers can efficiently develop next-generation RF technology for the latest communication standards (including sub-6GHz 5G, mmWave, UWB, etc.), which are enabling technologies for communications and electric vehicle (EV) wireless applications. (read more) Full Article EM Analysis electromagnetics in-design analysis reference design Electromagnetic analysis PDK foundry
an Japan Aviation Electronics is First to Support IP Protected Models for Cadence Clarity 3D Solver By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 04:08:00 GMT With the latest release (Sigrity and Systems Analysis 2022.1 HF2) of Clarity 3D Solver, support for encrypted component models is now available. With this functionality, vendors that supply 3D components, such as connectors, can now merge their...(read more) Full Article connector EM Clarity 3D Solver Systems Analysis JAE
an BoardSurfers: Training Insights: User Interface Enhancements for Allegro Layout Editors By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 12:03:00 GMT If you have seen any images or demonstrations of the 17.4-2019 release, the GUI may look ...(read more) Full Article digital badge 17.4 BoardSurfers 17.4-2019 Training Insights Allegro PCB Editor online training Allegro
an Sigrity and Systems Analysis 2022.1 HF2 Release Now Available By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:45:00 GMT The Sigrity and Systems Analysis (SIGRITY/SYSANLS) 2022.1 HF2 release is now available for download at Cadence Downloads. For the list of CCRs fixed in the 2022.1 HF2 release, see the README.txt file in the installation hierarchy.(read more) Full Article Sigrity and Systems Analysis Celsius Thermal Solver Sigrity XcitePI Sigrity PowerSI Sigrity Broadband SPICE Sigrity XtractIM Sigrity PowerDC EM Clarity 3D Solver T2B Clarity 3D Workbench JAE
an BoardSurfers: Managing Silkscreen Data Using Allegro 3D Canvas By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:30:00 GMT The silkscreen layer plays a crucial role in the assembly, repair, and testing of a PCB. You can add a variety of information to this layer, such as the location of the components, polarity, component orientation, on-off switches, LEDs, and testpoint...(read more) Full Article 17.4 BoardSurfers 3D Canvas 17.4-2019 Allegro PCB Editor silkscreen Allegro
an Quickchat Video Interview: Introducing Cadence Optimality and OnCloud for Systems Analysis and Signoff By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Aug 2022 15:05:00 GMT Microwaves & RF's David Maliniak interviews Sherry Hess of Cadence about recently announced products of Optimality and OnCloud.(read more) Full Article SaaS in-design analysis optimization multiphysics
an BoardSurfers: Managing Design Constraints Efficiently Using Constraint Sets By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 07 Sep 2022 13:44:00 GMT A constraint is a user-defined property, or a rule, applied to a physical object, such as a net, pin, or via in a design. There are a number of constraints that can be applied to an object based on its type and behavior. For example, you can define t...(read more) Full Article PCB 17.4 BoardSurfers PCB Editor Constraint Manager 17.4-2019 PCB design Constraints Allegro PCB Editor Constraint Set Allegro
an Modern Thermal Analysis Overcomes Complex Electronic Design Issues By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 13 Sep 2022 14:53:00 GMT By combining finite element analysis with computational fluid dynamics, designers can perform complete thermal system analysis using a single tool.(read more) Full Article in-design analysis Thermal Analysis electronic cooling
an Harmonic Balance (HB) Large-Signal S-Parameter (LSSP) simulation By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Mar 2024 12:07:53 GMT Dear all, Hi! I'm trying to do a Harmonic Balance (HB) Large-Signal S-Parameter (LSSP) simulation to figure out the input impedance of a nonlinear circuit. Through this simulation, what I want to know is the large-signal S11 only (not S12, S21 and S22). So, I have simulated with only single port (PORT0) at input, but LSSP simulation is terminated and output log shows following text. " Analysis `hb' was terminated prematurely due to an error " The LSSP simulation does not proceed without second port. Should I use floating second port (which is not necessary for my circuit) to succeed the LSSP simulation? Does the LSSP simulation really need two ports? Below figure is my HB LSSP simulation setup. Additionally, Periodic S-Parameter (PSP) simulation using HB is succeeded with only single port. What is the difference between PSP and LSSP simulations? Full Article
an EVM and constellation of mixer By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Jun 2024 15:03:31 GMT Hello,I am trying to design an RF mixer for a TX.Assume my input IF signal is at 1 GHz, my LO at 2 GHz and I want my RF at 3 GHz, and assume that the mixer fully works after testing it with HB.How to simply set the envelope analysis to check the EVM ?I read through the documentation but I couldn't get it (I couldn't fully understand the settings of the source, probe, analysis.)Which source and probe to use? I want custom modulation with custom bandwidth and center frequency.Is there some examples for the ENVLP analysis ?I am using IC23.1 and spectre 20.1.354. Full Article
an Load Pull transistor simulation By community.cadence.com Published On :: Tue, 10 Sep 2024 08:11:18 GMT Hello everyone, I am trying to perform a load pull simulation of a transistor to verify some gain calculations I made using its S-parameters. Specifically, I have calculated the optimal conjugate impedances for the input and output to later calculate the power dissipated and transmitted in each stage of the transistor. Then, I only varied the output impedance and recalculated these powers, noticing that the power delivered to the load is lower. Now, what I want to do is simulate this behavior using the Load Pull simulation. I have taken the model shown in the image, but I believe it is a linear model. My question is: if the chosen model is linear, is the load pull simulation accurate? In the calculations I made, nonlinearities are not considered. I don’t want to take nonlinearities into account. In short, do you have any ideas on how to verify the calculations made with the transistor’s S-parameters through a load pull simulation? Can you recommend any transistor model that is nonlinear and also has an S-parameter file? Thank you very much in advance. Full Article
an Figures missing in the RF Design Blogs article of "Measuring Fmax for MOS Transistors" By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:18:37 GMT Hi I noticed that some figures from the old posts in the cadence blogs have been missing. I think this problem happened before and Andrew Beckett asked the original author to fix the issue: Figures missing in the RF Design Blogs article of "Measuring Fmax for MOS Transistors" Some of these posts are quite valuable, and would be nice to have access to the figures, which are a very important part of some posts, Thanks Leandro Full Article
an Transient Simulation waveform abnormal By community.cadence.com Published On :: Sat, 02 Nov 2024 14:37:09 GMT Hello Everybody Recently, I want to design a high output Power Amplifier at 2.4GHz using TSMC 1P6M CMOS Bulk Process. I use its nmos_rf_25_6t transistor model to determine the approximate mosfet size I use the most common Common-Source Differential Amplifier topology with neutralizing capacitor to improve its stability and power gain performance Because I want to output large power, the size of mosfet is very large, the gate width is about 2mm, when I perform harmonic balance analysis, everything is alright, the OP1dB is about 28dBm (0.63Watt) But When I perform Transient simulation, the magnitude of voltage and current waveform at the saturation point is too small, for voltgae, Vpeaking is about 50mV, for current, Ipeaking is about 5mA I assume some reasons: the bsim4 model is not complete/ the virtuoso version is wrong (My virtuoso version is IC6.1.7-64b.500.21)/the spectre version is wrong (spectre version is 15.1.0 32bit)/the MMSIM version is wrong/Transient Simulation setting is wrong (the algorithm is select gear2only, but when I select other, like: trap, the results have no difference), the maxstep I set 5ps, minstep I set 2ps to improve simulation speed, I think this step is much smaller than the fundamental period (1/2.4e9≈416ps) I have no idea how to solve this problem, please help me! Thank you very very much! Full Article
an Virtuosity: Reliability Analysis Report-Reliable Results Made Interactive By community.cadence.com Published On :: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 07:47:00 GMT Read through this blog to know more about the new Reliability Report view in Virtuoso ADE Assembler and Virtuoso ADE Explorer.(read more) Full Article SQLite Stress Analysis Analog Design Environment ADE Explorer Reliability Report Virtuoso Analog Design Environment Virtuoso Spectre Virtuosity ISR21 Virtuoso Video Diary ICADVM20.1 SQLite Operator aging ISR26 reliability analysis custom reliability data filter Custom IC IC6.1.8 ADE Assembler
an Knowledge Booster Training Bytes - What Is a Parameterized Cell and What Are the Advantages By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 15:31:00 GMT Che(read more) Full Article Relative Object Design PCells Virtuoso Video Diary Custom IC Design Virtuoso Layout Suite SKILL
an Virtuoso ICADVM20.1 ISR26 and IC6.1.8 ISR26 Now Available By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:52:00 GMT The ICADVM20.1 ISR26 and IC6.1.8 ISR26 production releases are now available for download.(read more) Full Article Analog Design Environment Cadence blogs ICADVM18.1 ADE Explorer cadence Virtuoso RF Solution IC Release Announcement blog Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL Layout EXL Virtuoso Analog Design Environment IC Release Blog Custom IC Design Custom IC IC6.1.8 ADE Assembler Virtuoso Layout Suite XL
an Start Your Engines: An Innovative and Efficient Approach to Debug Interface Elements with SimVision MS By community.cadence.com Published On :: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 04:35:00 GMT This blog introduces you to an efficient way to debug interface elements or connect modules in a mixed-signal simulation.(read more) Full Article connect modules mixed signal design interface elements AMS Designer mixed-signal simulation Virtuoso SimVision-MS
an Knowledge Booster Training Bytes - Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 07:13:00 GMT This blog describes how to efficiently use Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL.(read more) Full Article blended blended training ADE Explorer Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL learning training knowledge resource kit Cadence training digital badges training bytes Virtuoso Cadence certified Virtuoso Video Diary Cadence Learning and Support portal Custom IC Design online training Custom IC ADE Assembler
an Virtuoso ICADVM20.1 ISR27 and IC6.1.8 ISR27 Now Available By community.cadence.com Published On :: Wed, 24 Aug 2022 11:50:00 GMT The ICADVM20.1 ISR27 and IC6.1.8 ISR27 production releases are now available for download.(read more) Full Article Analog Design Environment Cadence blogs ICADVM18.1 ADE Explorer cadence Virtuoso RF Solution IC Release Announcement blog Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL Layout EXL Virtuoso Analog Design Environment ICADVM20.1 IC Release Blog Custom IC Design Custom IC IC6.1.8 ADE Assembler Virtuoso Layout Suite XL