Integration of free SPICE Simulator into the Cadence Environment

Author

Serhan, A. ; Velayudhan, V. ; Aniculaesei, Vladcostel

Author_Institution

IMEP-LAHC, Univ. de Grenoble, Grenoble, France

fYear

2014

fDate

13-16 April 2014

Firstpage

458

Lastpage

461

Abstract

This paper presents a graphical interface allowing the integration of free SPICE simulator into the Cadence Design Environment which is commonly used for integrated circuits Design. The developed interface is based on the SKILL language and does not require additional license. The capability of the developed interface to perform multiple simulation set-up, component parameterization, output results plotting, and technology files configuration are discussed and exemplified for the free ngspice simulator developed by Berkley University and using AMS 0.35μm technology.

Keywords

SPICE; circuit simulation; AMS technology; Berkley University; Cadence design environment; SKILL language; component parameterization; free SPICE simulator; free ngspice simulator; graphical interface; integrated circuit design; multiple simulation set-up; output results plotting; technology files configuration; Analytical models; Companies; Conferences; Educational institutions; Integrated circuit modeling; Licenses; SPICE; Free Simulators; Graphical Interface; Skill-language; Spice; Start-up;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON), 2014 17th IEEE

Conference_Location

Beirut

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2014.6820577

Filename

6820577