Simulation and Analysis Using OCEAN

Length: 2 days (16 Hours)

Course Description

This course is an introduction to the Open Command Environment for ANalysis (OCEAN) language and its use in the Virtuoso^® Analog Design Environment. OCEAN is a scripting language that is based on the SKILL^® interactive programming language and uses SKILL syntax. Through the use of operational labs (where you enter expressions into an interpreter) and programming labs (where you build your own functions), you explore ways to use OCEAN to run analog and mixed-signal simulations and manipulate your simulation results.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Use OCEAN to control simulations and analyze results
• Master SKILL syntax, loop constructs, and conditional statements
• Build and manipulate lists
• Define, develop, and debug SKILL functions and programs
• Read and write data to and from UNIX text files
• Develop custom calculator functions for waveform database objects

Software Used in This Course

• Cadence SKILL Development Environment
• Virtuoso Schematic Editor
• Virtuoso AMS Designer Simulator
• Virtuoso ADE Assembler
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer
• Spectre Circuit Simulator
• Spectre RF Simulator Option

Software Release(s)

IC618, SPECTRE201, XCELIUM2009

Modules in this Course

• Fundamentals
• OCEAN Basics
• Lists
• Data Access and Plotting
• SKILL Functions
• Flow of Control
• File I/O
• Advanced Analyses (Parametric and Distributed)
• OCEAN XL
• Virtuoso Spectre RF Simulation Option and OCEAN
• Mixed-Signal Simulation
• Waveform Objects

Audience

• Analog Designers
• Analog IC Designers
• Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Designers
• Cadence SKILL Programmers
• Circuit Designers
• Custom Circuit Designers
• Designers
• IC Designers
• System-level IC Designers

Prerequisites

You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:

• Spectre Circuit Simulator
• Virtuoso Analog Design Environment (Explorer/Assembler)

Or you must have completed one or more of the following courses:

• SKILL Language Programming Introduction
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S1: ADE Explorer and Single Test Corner Analysis
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S2: ADE Assembler and Multi Test Corner Analysis
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S3: Sweeping Variables and Simulating Corners
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S4: Monte Carlo Analysis, Real-Time Tuning and Run Plans

Related Courses

• SKILL Language Programming
• SKILL Language Programming Fundamentals
• SKILL Language Programming Introduction
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S1: ADE Explorer and Single Test Corner Analysis
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S2: ADE Assembler and Multi Test Corner Analysis
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S3: Sweeping Variables and Simulating Corners
• Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S4: Monte Carlo Analysis, Real-Time Tuning and Run Plans
• Mixed Signal Simulations Using Spectre AMS Designer

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