Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S4: Measurement Description Language

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Date	Version	Country	Location
27 Nov 2018	SPECTRE16.1	France	Velizy-Paris France	ENROLL
05 Apr 2019	SPECTRE16.1	France	Velizy-Paris France	ENROLL
Scheduled upon demandOn demand				EXPRESS INTERESTINQUIRE

Version	Region
SPECTRE16.1	North America	ENROLL
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Length : 1/2 days

Course Description

For classroom delivery, this course is taught as a half-day session (4 hours).

This course is part of the Spectre Simulator Fundamentals series. In this course, you use the Spectre^® Circuit Simulator Measurement Description Language (MDL), a productivity enhancing tool for simulation and data analysis. Using the alias measurement, a Measurement Description Language (MDL) procedure, you can run an analysis and extract information about the performance of the circuit.

You examine how MDL acts as a controller interacting with a variety of inputs, outputs, and tools. You learn to create MDL measurements and re-use them. You run Spectre MDL in stand-alone and batch mode and observe the measured values in the *.measure output file.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Use Spectre^® Ciruit Simulator Measurement Description Language (MDL) to create measurement alias
Interact with a variety of inputs, outputs, and tools using MDL
Identify the contents of a Spectre MDL file
Define and use a Measurement Alias for common measurements in Spectre
Construct Spectre MDL expressions using its data types, operators and built-in functions
Evaluate MDL expressions using looping and control statements
Set up and run Spectre MDL in stand-alone and batch mode
Use the wild card (\*) in the MDL control file for all signals mapping
Post-process MDL measurements

Software Used in This Course

Spectre Classic Simulator
Virtuoso Multimode Simulation
Cadence Design Framework II
Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL

Software Release(s)

SPECTRE16.1(ISR4) and IC6.1.7(ISR10)

Modules in this Course

Measurement Description Language
Appendix: Spectre Command-Line Options

Audience

Analog Designers
Chip Designers
RF Designers
IC Designers
Design Engineers
Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Designers

Prerequisites

You must have:

A basic knowledge of analog circuit design
The ability to read and understand analog circuit netlists
An understanding of DC, Transient and AC analysis and its measurements

Or you must have completed the following course:

Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S1: Spectre Basics

It is also recommended to take the Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S2: Large-Signal Analyses course covering DC and transient analysis or have an understanding of DC, Transient and AC analyses as this course involves measurements after performing these analyses.

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Course ID: 86174

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