Forum Post: RE: PSS shooting with s-parameter file
Thanks Andrew! Problem solved. I am using Cadence version ic123_isr10. spectre-W says W is an unbound variable, so I could not get the spectre version directly. However, from the simulation log file, I...
View ArticleForum Post: Intertool Communication
I loaded the latest Hotfix this morning 048 and now my intertool communications does not work. Checked to make sure "Enable Intertool Communications" is still checked, it is. I select the place command...
View ArticleForum Post: How to check to see if we have Voltus license >
HI , Does anyone know how to check our env to see if we have Voltus license? thanks Nhumai
View ArticleForum Post: PSS shows inaccurate output results when no convergence reached
Hi, I have another question on PSS simulator with hb engine. I am simulating a circuit that settles after a certain time. If the circuit does not settle properly, for instance, ends up with an unwanted...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: PSS shooting with s-parameter file
Ah, you didn't mention that you were simulating an autonomous circuit (e.g. an oscillator) - that does indeed make a difference; linear and spline are not supported with autonomous shooting PSS (or...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: regarding layout netlist
What does this mean? Are you asking how to take a layout, and extract the devices from the layout and produce a netlist? If so, what format do you want the netlist in? Are you asking to produce a...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to check to see if we have Voltus license >
Hi Nhumai, It rather depends on which Voltus product you're talking about. Are you talking about Voltus (the digital product) or Voltus-Fi (the custom, transistor-level product)? The test would be...
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Hi Andrew, I did lmstat -f Voltus_Power_Integrity_Fi_L -c $CDS_LIC_FILE lmstat - Copyright (c) 1989-2007 Macrovision Europe Ltd. and/or Macrovision Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Flexible License...
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Again, depends on which product you're talking about. Often when people are talking about Voltus-Fi, they (or we) mean Voltus Fi XL (this is the DSPF-based flow, as opposed to Voltus Fi L which is the...
View ArticleForum Post: How to find the coordinates of an instance's PIN?
Hello, I am using skill code (dbCreatePath) to route to an instance. Currently I just route to the center of one edge of the bounding box. The instance could have pin information for terminals like...
View ArticleForum Post: LVS issues with Hierarchy
Hi All, I have big Analog, small digital block. Most of my design is custom based Analog, done with Virtuoso Schematic and Layout. the small digital blocks, i did digital flow, exported gds and verilog...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to find the coordinates of an instance's PIN?
procedure(CCFgetPinCoordinates(inst) foreach(mapcar instTerm inst~>instTerms list(instTerm~>name dbTransformPoint(centerBox(car(instTerm~>term~>pins)~>fig~>bBox) inst~>transform) )...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: How to find the coordinates of an instance's PIN?
Marben, Thanks so much for the quick reply. I will give it a try tomorrow.
View ArticleForum Post: RE: Ocean commands for Waveform comparison feature
In the generated ocean, below is the only line related to waves is seen. Also don't have the info of the reference waveform from other sim which is used for comparison. ocnxlOutputSummary(?exprSummary...
View ArticleForum Post: error in checking lvs test with calibre tool in cadence ic
hi i'm trying to apply lvs test to the layout of my circuit that is a transimpedance amplifier which uses 4 spiral inductors .the problem is when i try to check lvs it gives me the following errors :...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: irun passing real-time data to a running external application
Hello, I finally went to C with Xlib. My testbench looks like this: module tb (); import "DPI" function void init_screen(); import "DPI" function void deinit_screen(); import "DPI" function void...
View ArticleForum Post: RE: regarding layout netlist
Hi Andrew, Sorry for not being clear. What I really want to do is genarate a spice netlist file like when we generate CDL. Thanks, Ganesh Doddipatla
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