Length : 1/2 day
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. You use the Spectre Circuit Simulator and its corresponding options to analyze results from AC, transfer function (XF), Noise, Stability (STB), Loopfinder(LF), Pole-Zero (PZ), S-Parameter (SP), DCmatch, ACmatch, Fourier, Sensitivity and Sweep analyses. You use both the command-line and ADE Explorer environments to set up and run simulations on circuit examples. All of the simulation results are analyzed and plotted using the Virtuoso® Visualization and Analysis XL tool.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Set up and run a family of small-signal and its associated analyses
- Identify hidden loops causing potential stability problems using Loopfinder analysis
- Measure the Fourier coefficients by performing Fourier Analysis
- Determine the sensitivity of output variables to input design parameters by performing Sensitivity analysis
- Perform mismatch analysis using dcmatch, acmatch analyses
- Process multiple analyses for each value of the parameter using sweep analysis
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
- AC and Other Analyses in Spectre
- 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 courses:
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