Forum Post: Constraint Manager - Capacitance
Is there a way to set a line to line (Electrical EC set) constraint for capacitance? I have a large number of signal that have a maximum capacitance to a group of signals (channels) that can not exceed...
View ArticleForum Post: Help: ERROR(15053): Can not initialize PSpice UI
Hi I am using ORCAD for PSPICE simulation. It works fine, but all of a sudden, this error happened: "ERROR(15053): Can not initialize PSpice UI" I tried some method in this thread, but did not solve...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Extraction Tech File and LEF-Tech Map file for power grid libray
Hi Kari, On the same lines of this post -I was wondering how to get the required information to create these led map file as well as gds map files. 1) I can see the format of the lefdef map file as you...
View ArticleForum Post: Footprint Viewer Not Present / Missing in OrCAD Capture 17.2
The footprint viewer functionality appears to be missing in OrCAD Capture 17.2. Can anyone else confirm and/or suggest a fix?
View ArticleForum Post: PAE Contour
Hi, I am trying to design CMOS PA at mm-wave frequency by Cadence. I already set up the simulation to draw Pout contours by Load pull method. Now, my question is that if Cadence has this ability to...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Yi, Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, this solution is not working for me. This solution will hard-code the PDK version in the CDF, it will not make it "dynamic". When the file with the CDF...
View ArticleForum Post: Re-organize schematic page tabs in Capture
Hi, Is there a way to re-order schematic page tabs? I find it very confusing the way it works - especially when opening multiple projects where tabs from different projects can mix. currently for what...
View ArticleForum Post: Some thaughts about 17.20...
That 17.20 uses multithreads I have seen when performing DRC-checks. But is the software in general written to make use of multi-core/thread CPU's? Planning ahead, I see that less cores and high speed...
View ArticleForum Post: How do I save/sweep dc operating points via Jazz?
Hi all, I'm trying to save/sweep DC operating parameters in ADE for Jazz, I'm interested mainly in gm. But the standard save oppoint (...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Some thaughts about 17.20...
I use 17.2 on Windows 10 64 bit with NVidia GeForce GT 650M. This is a laptop and the Intel HD Graphics card is still active somehow, but it seems like the Nvidia is in control. I never saw any issues...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Footprint Viewer Not Present / Missing in OrCAD Capture 17.2
Footprint viewer is indeed missing and so is the PartLink powered by DigiKey add-on. PartLink loads but spews a pile of errors on startup and does not appear in the RMB options. My local support says...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Sjoerd You are right, with what I propose there, the PDK_version is indeed hard copied. Sorry that I misunderstood your example, I used think you want to use getShellEnvVar() for the default value....
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Footprint Viewer Not Present / Missing in OrCAD Capture 17.2
Thanks for the confirmation!
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Sjoerd, Look in the documentation for "formInitProc" - this is a procedure that is automatically called when the Create Instance or Edit Object Properties form is displayed - you could use this to...
View ArticleForum Post: noise summary parameters and noise simualtions
Hi, I have 2 questions: 1. When I use a NEGATIVE resistor to in schematic the noise simulations and noise summary ADD noise - why is that? 2.In the noise summary there is a noise contributor described...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Lawrence, Thanks for your reply, and pointing me in the right direction. Both of the options llok very promissing after reading a bit. I think the doneProc would work best for me. I'm going to do...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Yi, after I re-read my initial post I see where your confusion comes from. I should have included the example in my original post. Lawrence (see below your post) came with what I think will be the...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Sjoerd Wish you success for the solution, and really looking for it. It's a coincident that one of my colleagues asked for a procedure which can ban certain instance being instantiated today. I am...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to automatically store technology version on instance in...
Hi Lawrence, Using both CDF options I can get the version number into the parameter. However, there is one huge drawback by using this: if I select an instance which is created using an older version...
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