Design Checks and Asserts

Length : 1 day

Course Description

In this course, you differentiate between circuit checks and device checks. You then examine the assert and checklimit statements along with their control options.

You also explore the properties and usage of all the dynamic and static circuit checks. Finally, you verify the circuit performance and identify the potential failure modes using the Checks/Asserts assistant of the Virtuoso^® ADE Assembler with the Spectre^® APS simulator and then examine the results by viewing the appropriate XML file.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Differentiate between circuit checks and device checks
• Examine the properties and usage of assert and checklimit statements along with their control options
• Examine the properties and usage of all the dynamic and static circuit checks
• Perform circuit and device checks using the Checks/Asserts assistant in the ADE Assembler
• Import Spectre assert statements from text files to include them in the netlist
• Add Violation filters to visualize metrics for circuit checks

Software Used in This Course

• Spectre Classic Simulator
• Spectre Accelerated Parallel Simulator (APS)
• Spectre Multimode Simulation
• Spectre Power Option
• Cadence^® Design Framework II
• Virtuoso Schematic Editor
• Virtuoso Layout Suite
• Virtuoso ADE Assembler
• Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis XL

Software Release(s)

SPECTRE17.1(ISR6), IC6.1.7(ISR21)

Modules in this Course

• Device and Circuit Checks
• Checks and Asserts Using the Virtuoso ADE Assembler

Audience

• IC Designers
• Electrical Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Analog Designers
• Chip Designers
• Analog and Mixed-Signal IC Designers

Prerequisites

• Familiarity and working knowledge of the Virtuoso ADE Assembler environment

• Spectre Simulator Fundamentals S1: Spectre Basics
• Virtuoso ADE Assembler S1: Introducing the Assembler Environment

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