Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S2: Large-Signal Analyses

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Date	Version	Country	Location
21 Jan 2020	vSPECTRE16.1	France	Velizy-Paris France	ENROLL
15 Apr 2020	vSPECTRE16.1	United Kingdom	Bracknell-London United Kingdom	ENROLL
16 Apr 2020	vSPECTRE16.1	Sweden	Kista-Stockholm Sweden	ENROLL
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Version	Region
SPECTRE16.1	North America	ENROLL
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Length : 1/2 day

Course Description

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

This course is a part of the Spectre^® Simulator Fundamentals series. In this course, you learn how to perform large-signal analyses such as DC and Transient using the Virtuoso^® Spectre Circuit Simulator from both the command line and ADE Explorer environment. In one of the core DC analysis modules, you understand how the DC Operating Point (OP) and bias conditions are calculated. You find the solution to a nonlinear equation using the Newton-Raphson iterative method. You set up and run the DC Operating Point and DC Sweep Analysis, learn the use of DC parameters that affects accuracy and convergence of simulations, and show how to improve convergence via homotopy. You learn the use of nodesets and initial conditions. Here you also explore how to enable Fast DC simulation.

In the other core module Tranient Analysis, you determine what transient analysis does. You examine the Convergence Criteria for transient analysis and learn how to set the numerical integration method and identify the issues faced during a transient run. You understand what Local Truncation Error (LTE) means. You will also set up and run the transient analysis, limit the time steps during a transient simulation, control the output data using data reduction and data compression techniques, perform small-signal analysis during a transient analysis, sweep parameters during a transient analysis, recover from transient analysis terminations and print additional information that might help diagnose accuracy and convergence problems using both the command-line and ADE Explorer environment.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Examine the DC Operating Point (OP) algorithm
Run DC and transient simulations on analog circuits and netlists
Examine the use of nodesets and initial conditions
Determine the bias conditions using Spectre DC analysis
Examine the circuit behavior by performing Spectre transient analysis
Use the diagnose output option to identify convergence problems

Software Used in This Course

Spectre Classic Simulator
Spectre Multimode Simulation
Cadence^® Design Framework II
Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL
Virtuoso Schematic Editor L, XL
Virtuoso ADE Explorer

Software Release(s)

SPECTRE16.1(ISR6) and IC6.1.7(ISR12)

Modules in this Course

DC Analysis
Transient Analysis
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

Or you must have completed the following course:

Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S1: Spectre Basics

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