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How to set input power in transient simulation?

Dear all I am currently working on RF rectifier which has an equivalent circuit as shown in fig below. I have calculated Zin = 355-j1797 at a frequency of 953 MHz. I want to study the transient...

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Xtalk simulation

Hi, Is there a way to extract coupled traces into Sigxp directly in OrCAD PCB Designer Professional or OrCAD PCB SI? I've set up Geometry Window, Min Coupled Length, Cutoff frq, but the extracted...

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EDPS: Design Process in Milpitas

For the second year, the Electronic Design Process Symposium (EDPS) took place in Milpitas, having been at Monterey for many years. This was apparently the 25th year EDPS has run. I find EDPS to be a...

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RE: skill code to place all symbol cells in a virtuoso lib to top level...

Hi Andrew I got it now below is my code cv=dbOpenCellViewByType("sc33tps_v1" "all_cells" "schematic" "schematic" "a") lib=ddGetObj("sc33tps_v1") x = 0.0 y = 0.0 foreach(cell lib~>cells...

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RE: calibreview fatal error

Need to set : MGC_FDI_OA_VERSION 22.50 using either setenv or export

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RE: skill code to place all symbol cells in a virtuoso lib to top level...

Hi Andrew, Now I would like to enhance the script to put the cells in alphabetical order do you have any suggestion for me ? your suggestion is very appreciated it thanks Nhumai

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RE: skill code to place all symbol cells in a virtuoso lib to top level...

cv=dbOpenCellViewByType("sc33tps_v1" "all_cells" "schematic" "schematic" "a") lib=ddGetObj("sc33tps_v1") x = 0.0 y = 0.0 foreach(cell sort(lib~>cells lambda((x y) alphalessp(x~>name y~>name)))...

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RE: pausing skill program while in wordpad?

You can use shell("notepad.exe") to start a program (from windows command prompt) which blocks the Allegro GUI until the external program closes. "wordpad.exe" does not start since the windows PATH...

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OrCAD Capture Symbol and Multiple BOM Items

Hi, I am wondering if it is possible to have a Capture symbol be linked to multiple BOM items. The example I have is a Battery Holder that uses two of the same contact clip for the Positive and...

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RE: pausing skill program while in wordpad?

wordpad's executable is "write.exe". So, shell("write.exe") will open wordpad.(Kudos go to Dave Elder, he made me aware of this years ago.) I think I am going to try axlUIEditFile(). It currently opens...

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RE: PCB Editor: possible to adjust embedded net names "density"?

It is not possible to adjust embedded net names and you can follow some good methods to do it with the help of third-party applications which are rolled out by apple customer service chat Hope this...

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is there any way that we can run lvs with schematic in OA virtuoso version...

HI All, I have a data base in icfb 5.1.0 and we want to convert it to virtuoso version 6.1.6-64b. First we convert the schematics and symbols from icfb 5.1.0 to virtuoso 6.1.6-64b then we want to run...

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RE: skill code to place all symbol cells in a virtuoso lib to top level...

it works :-) but it put the cells in reverted order but that is good enough for me thanks all for help Nhumai

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RE: is there any way that we can run lvs with schematic in OA virtuoso...

I am thinking about streamIn layout in icfb 5.1.0 and feeding that gds file to caliber and run lvs not sure if it is working Please let me know how I can streamIn my layout to gds file ? thanks Nhumai...

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RE: skill code to place all symbol cells in a virtuoso lib to top level...

Hi Nhumai, sorry about that, you can switch the order of the x and y in the call to alphalessp -> alphalessp(y~>name x~>name) Best regards, Lawrence.

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need a gui based remaster script for cells

I wanted to replace the cells in the schematic from one lib to other and potentially different cellname I wrote the following SKILL code: ;; liblist=ddGetLibList()~>name ;;...

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RE: How to set input power in transient simulation?

Hidden in the title of this thread is the fact that Mohan is running transient. Complex impedance (which can be specified per harmonic) is only used in hb analysis. It doesn't make sense in transient...

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RE: How to set input power in transient simulation?

Good catch, Andrew!

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RE: need a gui based remaster script for cells

Hi Satendra, In the ?callback for libNameOld put: ?callback "netlisterForm->cellNameOld->choices=ddGetObj(car(netlisterForm->libNameOld->value))~>cells~>name" You'll need a similar...

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THD of an RF Amplifier

Hello, I need to simulate the THD of a wideband amplifier (0-100GHz) using Cadence Virtuoso/Spectre RF. Can I just use PSS simulation for this ? I need the THD as a percentage. How would I calculate...

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