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Accurate Pin-to-Pin Resistance Modeling for Wide, Slotted Metal Structures...
In Analog/RF layouts, designers frequently use slotted metal structures. Such slotting is done either to satisfy DRC requirements from foundries to satisfy max. density rule criteria, or to reduce eddy...
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Virtuosity: What's New in Run Plan – Part III
After two interesting blogs by Yagya Mishra that explained the most popular features of the Run Plan assistant in Virtuoso ADE Assembler , I am writing this third blog in the series to share with you...
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Virtuosity: Identifying Those Traces
With the ever-increasing number of simulations required to be run these days, the sheer number of plots can be overwhelming and it can be difficult to figure out which Cadence Virtuoso ADE XL, Virtuoso...
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Virtuosity: Reading Vector Files in Virtuoso Visualization and Analysis
Prior to IC6.1.8 and ICADVM18.1, to view digital and analog waveforms along with the applied stimuli, it was necessary to run the simulations using both digital and analog solvers. This could be a...
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Virtuosity: Saving Time, Effort, and Money with Express Pcells
Use the Express Pcell feature and see for yourself how you can save time, effort, and money!(read more)
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Accurate Pin-to-Pin Resistance Modeling for Wide, Slotted Metal Structures...
In Analog/RF layouts, designers frequently use slotted metal structures. Such slotting is done either to satisfy DRC requirements from foundries to satisfy max. density rule criteria, or to reduce eddy...
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Virtuosity: What's New in Run Plan – Part III
After two interesting blogs by Yagya Mishra that explained the most popular features of the Run Plan assistant in Virtuoso ADE Assembler , I am writing this third blog in the series to share with you...
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Spectre Tech Tips: Optimizing Spectre APS Performance
This blog discusses how to optimize the Spectre APS performance for analog and mixed-signal designs. It introduces the key options for adjusting simulation accuracy and performance, provides solutions...
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Virtuosity: Introducing the Pin Tool
The Pin Tool follows an object-based approach to working with pins by consolidating and redefining the tasks under one umbrella. Various pin-related tasks are grouped in a logical design flow in the...
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Virtuosity: Maestro Plotting Templates
Waveforms, plots, graphs, measurements, markers... are all a part and parcel of any circuit designer’s everyday life. For a regular user of Virtuoso ADE Explorer or Virtuoso ADE Assembler and the ADE...
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Virtuoso IC6.1.8 ISR2 and ICADVM18.1 ISR2 Now Available
The IC6.1.8 ISR2 and ICADVM18.1 ISR2 production releases are now available for download. (read more)
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Virtuoso Video Diary: What Makes EM/IR Analysis A Significant Sign-Off Step?
This blog describes the EM and IR analyses in Virtuoso ADE as a design sign-off step. It take you to the videos demonstarting the analyses and how to set them up.(read more)
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Spectre Tech Tips: Spectre Assert and Design Check Overview
As an analog/mixed-signal designer, verification engineer, or CAD expert, you use Spectre APS for analyzing your designs. Besides performing Spectre simulations to verify that the design works as...
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Virtuoso Video Diary: Checking EM Compliance Before Creating Layouts
How about checking your designs for electromigration (EM) compliance before creating layouts? Why not? Read further to know more ...(read more)
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Virtuoso Video Diary: Tune In to the MPT Video Channel
Tune In to the MPT Video Channel to check out a wide range of features easily accessible through the MPT toolbar.(read more)
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Virtuosity: Spring-Cleaned Virtuoso Doc Closet
Most of us know how a spring-cleaned house can look like. But, do you know how the spring-cleaned Virtuoso documentation closet could look like?(read more)
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Virtuosity: Cdsenv Editor – Simplifying Virtuoso Customization
Customization is the need of the day. From picking an ice cream flavor to outfitting a premium car, we all want a product customized according to our needs and expectations.Virtuoso users are no...
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Break the Wall! Merging Circuit Design Flow and Layout Design Flow for FinFET...
How can we overcome design challenges with FinFET architecture? Mr. Kazuhiro Oda of Toshiba Memory (TMC) discloses his recipe today.(read more)
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Virtuosity: In-design Electromigration Analysis - An efficient way to make...
Shrinking size of ICs with highly complex layouts containing billions of transistors and miles of interconnects....all of this doesn't sound new now. The industry has been pretty fast in adopting...
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Virtuosity: A Smart Extracted View
The Cadence Quantus Smart View is the next generation of the Extracted View in the Virtuoso environment. The Smart View provides the same functionality as the Extracted View, but it uses a highly...
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