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RE: How to select objects under visible VUE markers?

If you're asking about Synopsys tools, you're asking in the wrong place (this is a forum for Cadence tools). Not clear whether the second part of your question is relevant to Virtuoso or not - since...

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How Many Journalists per Square Acre?

It doesn't matter how low your standard is for science journalism, the journalists always seem to manage to go lower. I realize that the sort of people who go to journalism school tend not to be the...

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RE: VerilogA model Monte Carlo Simulation - Histogram Curve

Hello Matthias, Thank you very much for the clue. I have tried with DC analysis too, still I am not getting any histogram curve. But looks like I am missing to write expression in the calculator. It...

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RE: How to select objects under visible VUE markers?

Hi Andrew, Thank you for the response. I am using Virtuoso Layout XL and the version is ICADV12.3, for 7NM TSMC process. When I generate a via between let's say - M1(Color A) and M3(Color A), I do not...

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RE: VerilogA model Monte Carlo Simulation - Histogram Curve

Vijay, Not sure what you've tried doing. I've attached a small worked example (open mylib/testbench/adexl and run a simulation). I've got this set on the plotting options to "Auto" and so it will plot...

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RE: Inconsistent "PSD" results between MATLAB & Cadence Calculator

I think this is because your limits are incorrect for the PSD. You need to set them to be between 0 and 65536*1n, not from 1n to 65536*1n. I ran my transient analysis and set strobeperiod to be 1/FSAMP...

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RE: How to select objects under visible VUE markers?

Jinesh, Given that we are restricted in talking about that technology (there needs to be an NDA in place) I'm not comfortable with discussing it in a public place (you should be cautious too). So...

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Techno via construction constraint for overlapping vias

Is there a via constraint supporting following DRC rule: Minimum extension of Mx beyond the overlap area that VIAx and VIAx-1 are fully or partially touching. So the metal extension must be larger...

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Why Software-Based GPS Is Great for Location-Based IoT Applications

At the Cadence booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, we’re featuring a demo of a software-based GPS receiver from Galileo Satellite Navigation running off a Cadence Tensilica Fusion F1 DSP. It’s...

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VPI : vpiLoad iterator on vpiIntVar

According to the IEEE Std 1800-2012, VPI code should be able to determine the variable loads of a vpiIntVar or vpiIntegerVar using the vpiLoad relationship iterator. The relevant section is 37.17 of...

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How to get via Constraint

How do I get the va constraints for vias for the function "lxComputeViaParams"? Paul

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RE: How to get via Constraint

conGrp = cstFindConstraintGroupIn(techId "virtuosoDefaultSetup") viaGetViaOptions(conGrp)~>?? Is this the correct method? Are there more via constraints using a different constraint than...

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Embedded World 2018: Dreaming of Electric Cars

I am at embedded world in Nuremberg. One thing that is not here is warm weather. All that I can say is that it is warmer in Nuremberg than Munich, -7ºC instead of -11 º C. People don't remember it...

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Whiteboard Wednesdays - Unpacking the DFI Low-Power Interface

In this week's Whiteboard Wednesday, John MacLaren describes the operation of the DFI Low Power Interface to reduce PHY power consumption. www.youtube.com/watch

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Error when starting Momentum

Hi, I am trying to run Momentum from Virtuoso Layout suite. After creating the momentum view starting from the layout view of my cell, the setup screen where I set ports frequencies, etc., I hit the...

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RE: Error when starting Momentum

Hi Luca, Since Momentum (and the interface to it from Virtuoso) is a Keysight tool (and not from Cadence), you'd be better off asking this question to Keysight. Yes, it's a SKILL error, but it's coming...

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RE: Error when starting Momentum

Ok, thank you Andrew.

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Question for inserting dbid by typing on function

Dear all engineers using skill language I'm a beginner for this language, so maybe it will be a very simple question. I hoped to use axlDeleteObject function. axlSingleSelectPoint() s = axlGetSelSet()...

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RE: detecting process corner from within verilogA model

The correct Syntax would be "parameters" - in Andrews example the "s" is missing. It took me quit a while to figure out why it was not working. Here is the correct Syntax (that is working in my...

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RE: detecting process corner from within verilogA model

[quote userid="384373" url="~/cadence_technology_forums/f/custom-ic-design/37847/detecting-process-corner-from-within-veriloga-model/1353873#1353873"][/quote] The correct Syntax would be "parameters" -...

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