Virtuoso Spectre Pro S5: Transient Noise

Length: 1 day (8 Hours)

Course Description

This course is part of the Virtuoso^® Spectre^® Pro series. It is an advanced class offering and part of the Engineer Explorer series. You use the Spectre Circuit Simulator and its corresponding options to analyze results from transient analysis and use the Analog Design Environment to set up and run simulations on circuit examples. In this course, you learn to set up, run and post-process a transient noise simulation. You also compare transient noise with linear noise and finally learn to measure digital jitter and calibrate convergence options.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Set up, run, and post-process a transient noise run
• Switch on and off the individual noise contributors
• Set the strobeperiod option to manipulate transient output results
• Visualize how convergence options that you set affect the results
• Apply the PSD calculator function
• Compare transient noise to linear noise
• Use the multiple-run capability
• Set up, run, and post-process a transient noise run to measure digital jitter
• Calibrate the convergence options
• Build calculator expressions to calculate the PSD of the jitter of the digital edge

Software Used in This Course

Software Release(s)

SPECTRE 17.1 and IC 6.1.7ISR16

Modules in this Course

• Transient Noise Analysis
• Digital Jitter

Audience

• RF Designers
• Analog/Mixed-Signal IC Designers

Prerequisites

You need to have knowledge of the following software:

• Spectre Circuit Simulator
• Virtuoso Analog Design Environment

Or you must have completed the following courses:

• Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S1: Spectre Basics
• Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S2: Large-Signal Analyses
• Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S3: Small-Signal Analyses

This course is not an introductory offering. It is an advanced class and part of the Engineer Explorer advanced user offerings. It requires that you understand the basic operation of Spectre Circuit Simulator and the Virtuoso Analog Design Environment.

Related Courses

• Virtuoso Spectre Pro S1: DC Algorithm
• Virtuoso Spectre Pro S2: AC, XF, STB, and Noise Analyses
• Virtuoso Spectre Pro S3: Transient Algorithm
• Virtuoso Spectre Pro S4: Measuring Accurate Fourier Transforms

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