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RE: THD of an RF Amplifier

You can do this with pss or hb analysis. On the Results->Direct Plot->Main Form:

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

Well, you could do a couple of things: File->Export->CDL in both versions to produce a CDL netlist and then use your LVS tool to do a schematic-versus-schematic check File->Export->Stream...

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CDNLive India: Invecas and FD-SOI

Today it is GTC, the GlobalFoundries Technology Conference. I will be there and I will cover what was said later in the week. When I was at CDNLive India a couple of weeks ago, one highly relevant...

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Virtuoso - The Next Overture: Introducing Simulation Driven Routing

The new release of the Virtuoso® platform (ICADVM18.1) offers groundbreaking analysis capabilities and an innovational new simulation-driven layout for more robust and efficient design implementation...

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Never Lose Your Way Again With These Nifty Maps

CDNLive India took place a few weeks ago and we are just trying to catch our breath! If you missed it, I'm going to be posting two cool videos before the weekend with the highlights. Here are two blogs...

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How to simulate a PCB with PSpice

Hi folks I watched tutorial on youtube but am still very confused with PCB SI. First of all, my UI looks different. I'm using Orcad PCB SI S038 SPB. Do I need a special license to enable simulation...

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RE: need a gui based remaster script for cells

Thanks a lot Andrew. It worked.

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

Hi Andrew, When I do " File->Export->CDL" it is OK for schematic in OA virtuoso but in ICFB I got the error like " ERROR: Netlister: unable to descend into any of the views defined in the view...

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Orcad Layout importing a .MAX file into footprint library

Hi, I'm working on a layout thats halfway done by a former engineer, and I cant seem to find the .LIB file or the footprints. I was thinking of making a copy of the .MAX file, renaming it, and then...

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RE: skill script to add layout pin for given metal intersect

Thank you Paul and Andrew. Both code are working like charm if my metal are in top most cell of hierarchy. What if some of metals are down in hierarchy ? Can we modify script to travel through hierarchy ?

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RE: skill script to add layout pin for given metal intersect

Its a little more work to go through the hierarchy to trace a net. If you dont have a trace script you might want to try the markNet functions and save the trace to a alternate view. Then you can do...

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RE: verilogA simulation of 2nd order Sigma-Delta modulator

Dear VivekNITg , I know that you have posted the above question a while ago, but I was wondering if you could share your experience with me. because I have the same issue as what you mentioned above. I...

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RE: skill script to add layout pin for given metal intersect

The abe functions will by default find all shapes throughout the hierarchy - there are several ways to limit this (including the ?depth argument to abeInit). If the shape with the connectivity...

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RE: verilogA simulation of 2nd order Sigma-Delta modulator

Hey, I didn't have the solution to this problem I tried but couldn't get the right answer for the same. Instead, I used Ideal VCVS and other models from the analogue library and realises the...

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RE: Orcad Layout importing a .MAX file into footprint library

In the Library Manager, you can use "Add" and change the "Files of Type" to .MAX to add a .MAX file as a source (or something along those lines), you can certainly have a .MAX source added to the...

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

Hi Nhumai, How do you perform LVS in IC5141 if you aren't able to generate a CDL netlist? What tool are you using? [quote userid="396529"...

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RE: verilogA simulation of 2nd order Sigma-Delta modulator

I would suggest working with customer support on this as I stated a couple of years ago in my previous response to the original question. That would allow more detailed investigation of what is wrong...

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RF Design with Cadence Virtuoso and National Instrument's Axiom

When cell-phones first became a consumer product, a VP of Nokia drew me an upside-down triangle, with radio at the top. chips in the middle, and the little point at the bottom being software. When...

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RE: Cadence Allegro 17.2 - Shape to board outline clearances.

Thanks Paul, Basically yes..... I need for example NET 1 to respect a clearance of 1MM to the board each and NET 2 to respect 4MM to the board edge. I was hoping to just throw a shape at the board and...

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WARN MESSAGE: (IMPESI-3014): The RC network is incomplete for

Hi, I'm running a postCTS hold fix with INNOVUS 17.15, and I've some warning message like the following: WARN: (IMPESI-3014): The RC network is incomplete for net xxx .... Do you have an idea about why...

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