Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S3: Small-Signal Analyses

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Version	Region
SPECTRE16.1	North America	ENROLL
	Other Regions	EXPRESS INTERESTINQUIRE

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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