Length: 1 Day (8 hours)
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Course Description
EMX® Solver is Cadence®'s large-scale, full-wave, planar 3D electromagnetic simulator for designing and verifying Integrated Circuits (ICs). The EMX simulator is a powerful engine that simulates electromagnetic (EM) effects in circuits, in a unified manner. This introductory course teaches you to setup and use the EMX simulator. You start with reviewing EM concepts and how the EMX simulator works. You then learn to configure the EMX environment and set up simulations. You define ports and describe edge meshes. You view the types of devices used for model generation and review extraction capabilities. You also explore the concept of black boxing transistors in an amplifier design. An inductor model is used as an example for many of the hands-on labs. The lab exercises reinforce the topics covered in the lectures. This course also teaches you to use the ParaView 3D visualization tool. This tool is packaged with the EMX software. Using ParaView in the labs, you visualize the current charge and mesh for the inductor model. You then conclude the course by running corner simulations on the inductor layout.
Learning Objectives
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Configure the appearance and functionality of the EMX Environment
- Review the distinguishing features of the EMX Solver
- Simulate passive components such as the Inductor
- Perform a sweep of the width and number of turns in an inductor and analyze the results
- Implement the Black boxing concept
- Describe the benefits of using the GDS view before EMX simulation
- Use the ParaView visualization tool
- Create S-parameters in EMX compatible with Spectre simulations
- Identify the ways of specifying the ports
Software Used in This Course
- Virtuoso® Schematic Editor XL
- Virtuoso ADE Explorer
- Virtuoso Visualization & Analysis XL
- Virtuoso Layout Suite XL
- EMX Planar 3D Solver
- Spectre® Classic Simulator
- Spectre RF option for 38500 and 91050
- Spectre X Simulator
Software Release(s)
IC 23.1, EMX 2023.2, SPECTRE 23.1
Modules in this Course
- Introduction to EM Simulation and EMX
- Introduction to EMX GUI and EM Simulations of Passive Components Using EMX
- ParaView Visualization Tool and Current Density Analysis
- EMX Black boxing
- Corner Simulations Using EMX
Audience
- RFIC Designers
- Designers using EM Simulators
Prerequisites
You must have knowledge of the following:
- Basic RF and Microwave concepts
- Some basic understanding of the EM analysis concept
- Virtuoso Schematic Editor
- Virtuoso Layout Design Basics
- Virtuoso ADE Explorer and Assembler S1: ADE Explorer and Single Test Corner Analysis
