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 Cadence ELC not recognising SPECTRE format 

Last post Sun, May 5 2013 8:55 AM by Hatkar. 2 replies.
Started by eklikeroomys 16 May 2011 03:08 AM. Topic has 2 replies.
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  • Mon, May 16 2011 3:08 AM

    • eklikeroomys
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    Cadence ELC not recognising SPECTRE format Reply

    Halo, 

    I am using ELC to characterise a new standard cell library. I am using a SPECTRE .scs model file, but it seems that ELC is not recognising this file format correctly, as it complains about library and section declarations which are present in the model file. I assume that my command and/or elccfg file is not set up correctly for using spectre. 

    This is the contents of my command file:

    db_open cell_digital
    db_prepare -f
    db_spice -s spectre -keep_log -keep_wave
    db_output -lib cell_digital.lib -process typical -state
    db_close
    exit

    And this is the contents of my elccfg file:

    # Specify the environment variable settings.
    EC_SIM_USE_LSF=1;
    EC_SIM_LSF_CMD=" ";
    EC_SIM_LSF_PARALLEL=10;
    EC_SIM_TYPE="spectre";
    EC_SIM_NAME="spectre";
    EC_SPICE_SIMPLIFY=1;
    EC_CHAR="ECSM-TIMING ECSM-POWER";


    SUBCKT="cell_digital_SPICE_netlist.scs";
    MODEL="model_file.scs";
    SETUP="setup.ss";
    PROCESS="typical";


    Can somebody guide me into the right direction?

    Thank you,

     

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  • Mon, Jan 21 2013 7:58 AM

    • GreenGraphene
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    Re: Cadence ELC not recognising SPECTRE format Reply

     eklikeroomys

    Well, surprised, am now at the same point and every kind of situation I am facing now is what you had posted on. Did u find an answer and can you pl share it with us ?

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  • Sun, May 5 2013 8:55 AM

    • Hatkar
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    Re: Cadence ELC not recognising SPECTRE format Reply

     write your problem in detail, not getting what problem you are facing

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