Length: 1 day (8 Hours)
Digital Badge Available
Course Description
For classroom delivery, this course is taught as a one-day session (8 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), DC Match, AC Match, 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 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 (AC, XF, Noise, S-Parameter, PZ, Loopfinder)
- Compute the loop gain, gain margin, and phase margin for a specific feedback loop or an active device while performing Stability analysis
- Measure the Fourier coefficients of two different signals at a specified fundamental frequency without loading the circuit while performing Fourier analysis
- Determine the sensitivity of output variables to input design parameters while performing Sensitivity analysis
- Compute the statistical deviation in the DC operating point of the circuit caused by device mismatch while performing dcmatch analysis
- Compute the variations of AC responses due to statistical parameters defined in statistics blocks while performing acmatch analysis
- Sweep a parameter processing a list of analyses (or multiple analyses) for each value of the parameter while performing 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)
SPECTRE19.1(ISR8) and IC6.1.8(ISR11)
Modules in this Course
- Small-Signal and Its Associated Analyses in Spectre
- 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:
