Using this manual this manual describes the star hspice circuit and device simulation software and how to use it. A brief users guide to hspice national chiao tung university. Use the star hspice g and e elements controlled behavioral sources as linear functional blocks or elements with specific frequency responses in the following forms. The delay element is the same as voltage controlled current source except it is associated by a propagation delay td.
Syntax notation the meaning of a parameter may depend on its location in the statement. The syntax for writing the hspice files is same as for the most commonly used pspice, except that you. The hspice model extends the original gummelpoon model to include several effects at high bias levels. Hspice simulation and analysis user guide version z2007. A440hz default, standard setting tuning reference, which is a440 a440hz. Frank sill department of electrical engineering, federal university of minas gerais, a a to i c l 6627 cep 31270av.
For more details on hspice input file format, please refer to the. If its name contains version xxplus, it describes the actual code status, found at the date of issue in the git source code management scm tool. Hspice signal integrity user guide university of rochester. See f element parameters in the hspice simulation and analysis user guide. Maximizing the yield is important for the overall process.
The linked sites, articles and presented information are provided as a useful insight to help you decide on the type of engineering expert you might need. Computer modeling of electronic circuits with ltspice. For descriptions of the other manuals in the hspice documentation set, see the next section, the hspice. Hsice simulation guide penn state college of engineering. Truehspice device models reference manual, release 2001. Element statements except e, f, g, h, i, and v source elements.
Option macmod enables hspice mosfet to access the subcircuit definition when there is no matching model reference or enables an hspice x element to access the model reference when there is no matching. It also provides explanations of each type of element and model statement. Hspice also has specific file naming conventions to indicate the function of each file. How to use this manual the manual is a work in progress. Included in this manual are detailed command descriptions, startup option definitions, and a pspice your microsoft windows users guide. Emacs, vim, or pico, copy the netlist in figure 1 to a. Hspice simulation and analysis user guide version y2006. True hspice device models reference manual, release 2001. Before running hspice, users should execute the command source usrclassee dot. A note on each of these analyses is given in section 6 together with selfexplanatory examples. It is always insightful to compare the results obtained from extrapolation and those from hspice template output. This manual describes the starhspice circuit and device simulation software and how.
Element statements for the various types of star hspice elements are described in the chapters on those types of elements. Synopsys includes an index with your hspice documentation that lets you search the entire hspice documentation set for a particular topic or keyword. This element facilitates the adjustment of propagation delay in the macromodel process. Computer modeling of electronic circuits with ltspice phys3360aep3630 lecture 2021. Because delay is a starhspice keyword, it should not be used as a node name. Chapter 5 using sources and stimuli class home pages.
Laplace transform function call use the star hspice g and e elements controlled behavioral sources as linear. In addition, a circular convolution example for the. In addition, sparameters can be incorporated in the w element for interconnect simulation. What follows are some general points that one must keep in mind whilst using hspice. This manual contains the reference material needed when working with special circuit analyses in pspice. To learn more about element template output format, refer to hspice manual chapter 4. The procedure for opening an xwindow varies depending on the type of computer you are using. Since this line is echoed back in the outputfile for the page header, it is a very good place to describe what this simulation is for. Related documents the following documents pertain to. Use your favourite text editor to create your spice deck. Audience this manual is intended for design engineers who use starhspice to develop, test, analyze, and modify circuit designs. By handling dielectric loss, hspices w element can accurately simulate 50inch, 50ghz transmission lines. Input file hspice input is composed of mainly four part.
Use the starhspice g and e elements controlled behavioral sources as linear functional blocks or elements with specific frequency responses in the following forms. A at the beginning of any line causes it to be treated as a comment. To use this feature, the hspice documentation files, the index directory, and the index. This is the default installation for synopsys documentation. This manual generally follows the conventions used in the microsoft windows users guide. Hspice tutorial university of california, berkeley. How this manual is organized the manual set is divided into two volumes, as follows. If you have questions, read the section on workstation basics later in this handout. Hspice simulation and analysis user guide version x2005. This section describes how to use the g and e elements. A continuous plot of gm as a function of some input variable for example, gate voltage can be generated by sweeping that variable. As a note is played, the led display will show the note. Additional full demonstration netlists using gelement. You can access the pdf format documentation from your install directory for the current release by entering docs on the terminal command line when the hspice tool is open.
A glitch input to a g delay is attenuated similarly to a buffer circuit. Additional details and examples are provided in the starhspice 2001. In the w element, the default fgd is zero that is, gf does not use the fgd value. If you exclude the second half of the command, the output will be shown in the. A delay is a lowpass filter type delay similar to that of an opamp. Hspice is just a program that takes in a netlist a simple text. Pressing alt over an element will report instantaneous power drawn by the element thermometer icon 24. The electrical yield refers to the number of parts that meet the electrical test specifications. Audience this manual is intended for design engineers who use star hspice to develop, test, analyze, and modify circuit designs. The general format for entering a circuit element is a one. A transmission line, on the other hand, has an infinite frequency response. G flat the tuner can be accessed from either play note mode or edit mode. Be sure that a complete set of parameters is entered in the correct sequence before.
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