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EDA Cloud ADS

CIC EDA Cloud ADS Software User Manual

ADS

TEL (03) 577-3693 # 885

E-mail hotline@cic.narl.org.tw

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1.0

EDA cloud ADS Flow

2.0 2015.08 2 EDA Cloud ADS EM

3.0 2015.12 2 EDA Cloud ADS EM

A B C 2.0 2 3

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1. EDA Cloud ADS Circuit .................................................................... 2

1.1 ADS ................................................................................................ 3

1.2 Foundry Design Kit Library .............................................. 4

1.3 netlist ................................................ 8

1.4 ........................................................................... 12

2. EDA Cloud ADS EM ................................................................. 14

2.1 Mesh .............................................................................. 17

2.2 EM ................................................................... 18

2.3 EM .......................................................................... 21

3. EDA Cloud ADS EM/Circuit Co-simulation ................................... 24

3.1 EM Layout SNP ...................................... 25

3.2 SNP ADS Circuit netlist ....................... 27

4. ............................................................................................. 31

5. .................................................................................................... 32

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A. DC Annotation .................................................................................... 33

B. Hspice ADS .......................................................................... 35

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B.1 File > Import ........................................................................ 35

B.2 Wizard ........................................................................................... 39

C. GDS ADS Layout ................................................................ 44

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(NARLabs CIC)

EDA Cloud Keysight ADS Momentum

CIC EDA Cloud

CIC > > EDA Cloud

CIC Keysight

CIC > > > by Vendor > Agilent (Keysight) > ADS >

Keysight EDA

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1. EDA Cloud ADS Circuit

EDA Cloud ADS Circuit ADS Circuit

(i) ADS Simulate netlist

TSMC PDK

(ii) dataset /data

ADS Data Display Window

(a) ADS

(b) Foundry Design Kit Library

(c) netlist

(d)

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1.1 ADS

ads

ads ($ RedHat Linux )

$ mkdir ads

$ cd ads

$ Rads

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1.2 Foundry Design Kit Library

TSMC90GUTM

(1) TSMC90GUTM ADS Design Kit

terminal terminal

$ help PDK

1.2-1 $ help PDK PDK

$ more /cad/PDK/TN90GUTM/PDK_TN90GUTM.list

ADS lib.defs

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1.2-2 PDK list ADS lib.defs

TSMC90GUTM ADS Design Kit :

/cad/PDK/TN90GUTM/ADS/lib.defs

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(2) Foundry Design Kit Library

TSMC90GUTM

Main Window > DesignKits > Manage Favorite Design Kits

1.2-3 Foundry Design Kit Library

library

Main Window > DesignKits > Manage Favorite Design Kits > Add Library

Definition File

1.2-4 library

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Foundry Design Kit lib.defs

1.2-5 Foundry Design Kit lib.defs

Foundry Design Kit

1.2-6 Foundry Design Kit

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1.3 netlist

(1) Workspace

Main Window > File > New > Workspace

Myworkspace_wrk ( ) TSMC90GUTM PDK

Library

1.3-1 Workspace TSMC90GUTM PDK Library

(2)

T90ind_test Schematic View

Main Window > File > New > Schematic

T90ind_test

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1.3-2 Schematic

(3) ADS

Design Kit RF CMOS 90nm 3.3V v1.1 S

1.3-3 TN90

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(4) netlist

Schematic Window > Simulate> Generate Netlist

1.3-4 netlist

netlist

1.3-5 netlist

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netlist T90ind_test.net

Save File (on Cfc) Window > File > Save As

1.3-6 netlist

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1.4

(1)

terminal netlist workspace

$ Qhpeesofsim T90ind_test.net

1.4-1 Qhpeesofsim

(2)

dataset workspace ( netlist )

HPEESOFSIM_result

dataset /data

$ cp ./ HPEESOFSIM_result/T90ind_test.ds ./data

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1.4-2 dataset /data

(3) Data Display Window

Data Display ADS

T90ind_test

1.4-3 ADS netlist Data Display Window

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2. EDA Cloud ADS EM

ADS Momentum EM Mesh

Mesh Generation Summary Matrix Size

S-parameter Simulation Matrix

Size

ADS Example Spiral Mesh

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ADS Example Spiral Substrate

2-1 Spiral Example

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2-2 Spiral Example Substrate

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2.1 Mesh

Mesh

Layout Window > EM > Simulation Setup > Generate > Mesh > Go

2.1-1 Mesh

Mesh

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2.2 EM

(1) Mesh Summary

EM > Show Most Recent > Mesh Summary

2.2-1 Spiral Example EM Mesh Summary

Mesh Summary cells Edge Current

Matrix size Memory

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Matrix size > 30,000 Mesh

Summary 2.3

(2) S-parameter Simulation Summary

Matrix size < 30,000 S-parameter

EM > Show Most Recent > S-param Simulation Summary

2.2-2 Spiral Example EM S-parameter Simulation Summary

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Simulation Summary Matrix size

Memory Adaptive 100.0

% of frequency range covered

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2.3 EM

EM

EM

/

Mode Mom RF Mom W

Mode

Momentum RF

Help >

Electrically Small

EM > Simulation Setup > Simulator

>10 Layers

EM > Simulation Setup > Substrate

Fstop

Mesh Density

20 cells/ @1GHz = 1 cells/λ@20GHz

EM > Simulation Setup > Frequency

> Fstop

EM > Simulation Setup > Frequency

Mesh Density < 20 cells/λ > 30 cells/λ

” ”

EM > Simulation Setup > Options >

Mesh > Mesh Density >

Cell/Wavelength

Edge Mesh no yes EM > Simulation Setup > Mesh >

Edge Mesh

Mesh

Reduction yes no

EM > Simulation Setup > Mesh >

Mesh > Mesh Reduction

Overlap

Extraction Normal Aggressive

EM > Simulation Setup > Mesh >

Thin layer overlap extraction

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Metal

Thickness 0

Finite

Thickness

EM > Simulation Setup > Substrate

metal thickness

IC via, contact

via array

via

EM > Simulation Setup >

Preprocessor > Merge Standard Via

Array Mesh

2.3-1 EDA Cloud ADS EM

queue

( EM ) EM

CPU

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EM Queue

2.3-1 EM Queue

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3. EDA Cloud ADS EM/Circuit Co-simulation

EDA Cloud ADS EM- Circuit

(co-sim)

(1) EM layout SNP

(2) SNP ADS Circuit netlist

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3.1 EM Layout SNP

(1) layout Dataset

ADS Momentum Layout Dataset

Transmission Line (TML)

3.1-1 ADS Momentum EM

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(2) dataset .snp

dataset .snp 2-port

.s2p

Data Display Window

Data Display Window > Tools > Data File Tool

3.1- 2 dataset .snp

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3.2 SNP ADS Circuit netlist

(1) ADS EM- Circuit co-sim

EM dataset .s2p

netlist

Simulate > Generate Netlist

3.2-1 EM dataset .s2p

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(2) netlist .s2p

netlist .s2p

.s2p Qhpeesofsim (EDA Cloud

)

3.2-2 netlist .s2p

netlist

File > Save As > xxx.net

3.2-3 netlist .s2p

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(3)

Qhpeesofsim dataset /data 1

EDA Cloud ADS circuit

Qhpeesofsim xxx.net

3.2-4 .s2p netlist Qhpeesofsim

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(4)

ADS EM-Circuit co-sim EM Layout

( 2.1-1) ( )

3.2-5 .s2p netlist hpeesofsim

CIC EDA Cloud ADS Momentum EM

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4.

ADS Advanced Design System

EM Electro Magnetic

PDK Process Design Kit

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5.

5.1 CIC EDA Cloud

CIC > > EDA Cloud

5.2 CIC Keysight

CIC > > > by Vendor > Agilent (Keysight) >

ADS >

Keysight www.keysight.com

Keysight EDA

http://www.keysight.com/en/pc-1475688/keysight-eesof-electronic-desig

n-automation-EDA-software?nid=-34360.0&cc=US&lc=eng

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A. DC Annotation

EDA Cloud ADS Simulate DC

Simulate > Annotate DC Solution

I_Probe V_Probe ( Probe Component

Palette )

A-1 DC Annotation

Simulate > Detailed Device Operation Point

DC controller Parameters Data Display

2

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DC Simulator

Detailed Device Operation Point

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B. Hspice ADS

Hspice ADS File > Import Wizard

File Import Wizard Black Box

Hspice ADS File Import

B.1 File > Import

Help > Search > Import Netlist

B.1-1 Hspice ADS Help

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(1) HSpice :

B.1-2 HSpice ex1.sp

(2) Hspice ADS schematic

ADS Schematic Window > File > Import

B.1-3 Hspice ADS schematic

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B.1-4 Hspice ADS

vin

TSMC PDK

F7 Simulate

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B.1-5 Hspice ADS

Hspice Spectre Spice ADS

100%

Help

vin

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B.2 Wizard

Schematic Window > Tools > Hspice Compatibility Component > Wizard

B.2-1 Hspice ADS

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ADS2015 example file

Step1:

B.2-2 Hspice ADS

Step2 Next

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Step 3:

HSPICE Nodes ADS Pins

B.2-3 Hspice ADS

Step4 Next ( symbol)

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Step 5:

B.2-4 Hspice ADS

Step 6 Summary Finish Hspice netlist include

B.2-5 Hspice ADS

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ADS

EDA Cloud .sp

/cad/agilent/ads/ads2015_01/designguides/projects/DDR3/

EM co-sim LPE

/cad/agilent/ads/cur/examples/Momentum/emcktcosim

Help

Hspice ADS 100% Help

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C. GDS ADS Layout

Virtuoso layout GDS import ADS Layout

EM ports EM

T18

EDA Cloud T18 full custom layout

GDS Layers

GDS no.

C-1 GDS ADS Layout ( Layers GDS no.)

Full Custom

http://www.cic.org.tw/edacloud/edacloud.jsp

Full-custom EDACloud_FC_v4.5.pdf

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5.5

CIW > File > Export > Stream GDS

ADS

ADS Layout window > File > Import GDSII

ADS Layout