Hspice generally has better convergence than spice3 and, because it is a commercial product from meta software, is better supported. It has the advantage of being freely available, to support a wide variety of models, and to run on all unix platforms. The hspice default search order for the g file is as follows. Please consult the metasoftware manual available from the dsl, room 100m. Spice simulation program with integrated circuit emphasis is a generalpurpose, opensource analog electronic circuit simulator. Csim, design compiler, designpower, designware, epic, formality, hsim, hspice, hypermodel, inphase, insync. We have compared and systematically evaluated four mainstream mosfet models ekv, spice level 3, bsim3v3 and philips mos model 9 at radio frequencies. Advanced design system 2002 netlist translator for spice. The circuit is based on 90 nm cmos technology simulated using hspice. It is a program used in integrated circuit and boardlevel design to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior. Multiple chips arranged in a planar or stacked configuration with an interposer for communication.
Hspice is just a program that takes in a netlist a simple text. Starhspice quick reference guide 11 1chapter 1 introduction this quick reference guide is a condensed version of the starhspice manual. However, you will need to explicitly command hspice to generate the extra. Be sure that a complete set of parameters is entered in the correct sequence before. This manual describes the individual hspice commands you can use to simulate. Hspice provides facilities for modelling lossless ideal and lossy transmission lines. This software and documentation contain confidential and proprietary information. Audience this manual is intended for design engineers who use star hspice to develop, test, analyze, and modify circuit designs. Different versions of the model are invoked with the switch parameter update. Microelectronic engineering 16 1992 287294 elsevier 287 logic state analysis using a laser beam p.
Raphael nxt can extract capacitance of nets in large designs to better than 1% accurate. Meta io is not part of starhspice, but is an optional product that operates with the following software. Furthermore, we have tested some improvements proposed for the models in the ghz region. Refer to the following document for further information on the hspice product. Hspice tutorial university of california, berkeley. Hspice generally has better convergence than spice3 and, because it is a commercial product from metasoftware, is better supported.
It also provides facilities to model numerous different physical layouts of the conductors forming the transmission lines. Brief introduction to hspice simulation wojciech giziewicz 1 introduction this document is based on one written by ihsan djomehri, spring 1999. Suggestions for improvements to the verilog hardware description language andor to this manual are welcome. On using 1outofn codes for p,q counter implementations. Information about open verilog international and membership enrollment can be obtained by inquiring at the address below.
Meta, meta software, modeltools, nanosim, op envera, pathmill, photolynx, physical compierl, powermill. A good way to learn hspice and metawaves is to simulate example files provided by meta software. Hspice applications manual department of electrical and. If you intend to use hspice for integrated circuits simulation you will need to make use of many of these. Refer to the document pspice user guide for more information. Hsail virtual isa and programming model, compiler writer, and object. This software and documentation contain confidential and proprietary information that is the property of synopsys, inc. This software and documentation contain confidential and proprietary information that is the. Awaves is a program that allows you to graphically plot the results of the hspice analysis.
Hspice is one of spice variations commercialized by a. The popularity of the spice circuit simulator has translated into various offerings, suited for different compute platforms. There are more than 5 other switch parameters that are used for selecting different model equations. This work presents a macromodel for an mtj that is applicable to an hspice circuit simulator. Hpspice mosfet models manual describes standard mosfet models you can use when simulating your circuit designs in hspice. For more specific details and examples refer to that manual. Audience this manual is intended for design engineers who use starhspice to develop, test, analyze, and.
Advanced design system 2002 netlist translator for spice and spectre february 2002. Leda, mast, meta, metasoftware, modeltools, nanosim, openvera, pathmill, photolynx, physical compiler, powermill. Chapter 7, library encryption describes the synopsys library encryptor and how to use it to protect your intellectual property. Hspice also has specific file naming conventions to indicate the function of each file. Depending on the value of capop, different capacitor models are used to model the mos gate capacitance, that is, the gatetodrain capacitance, 27 sosfet x 28 bsim derivative. Full details are in the metasoftware hspice manual. Spice reads in a list of circuit nodes and the elements between. With over 25 years of successful design tapeouts, hspice is the industrys most trusted and comprehensive circuit simulator. Use this command to define a stack of dielectric or metal layers. Hspice can quickly and accurately simulate large nonlinear, highfrequency designs. Analysis and methods hspice version h92 meta software on.
The starhspice optimizing analog circuit simulator is a industrialgrade circuit analysis product for the simulation of electrical circuits in steadystate, transient, and frequency domains. The softwar e and documentation are furnished under a license agreement and. In the first phase complete scalable dc models were determined, and the high frequency model parameters were then extracted from properly. This is available at aston on the sun workstations. Hspice is the industrys gold standard for accurate circuit simulation and offers foundrycertified mos device models with stateoftheart simulation and analysis algorithms. Logic state analysis using a laser beam sciencedirect. With a complete array of specialized analyses, hspice is the clear choice for both traditional rfic applications and highfrequency phase noise and jitter analysis. Hspice rf manual describes a special set of analysis and design capabilities added to hspice to support rf and high speed circuit design. Raphael nxt ca n be used by itself standalone mode or can be used as part of synopsys starrcxt. There is no manual description about how to use hsplot because it is now unsupported software from avant but again it is more stable and simpler, so usually we dont need their support too much. Convention meaning abcd describes the type of information required efgh efgh is an optional parameter. Originally developed at berkeley in the late 60s and early 70s, spice has evolved into one of the tools of choice for circuit simulation.
I have had similar problems with hspice convergence. Advanced hspice macromodel for magnetic tunnel junction. Supported spice dialects name manufacturer version spice2 uc berkeley 2g6 1981 spice3 uc berkeley 3f3 1993 pspice microsim 8. In this document only coaxial cables and twinlead cables are described. Be sure that a complete set of parameters is entered in the correct sequence before running the simulation. Here is a list of tips i got from an avanti ae to workaround convergence problems. Audience this manual is intended for design engineers who use starhspice to develop, test, analyze, and modify circuit designs. Downloadable tools university of california, berkeley. A comparative study of various mosfet models at radio. For more specific details and examples refer to the relevant manual. The hspice mos level 6 model is based on the aspec, msinc, and ispice mosfet model equations and has been enhanced by meta software. It also allows hierarchical node naming, circuit optimization, input, output, and behavioral algebraics for parameterized cells, and interactive waveform viewing with metawaves. The intent of this guide is to have a handy quick reference. Hspice is one of spice variations commercialized by a company meta software from engineerin vlsi at islamic azad university.
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