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ADS Simulator

This chapter describes the details of using the Advanced Design System (ADS) Simulator with IC-CAP. For general information on IC-CAP simulation, refer to Chapter 6, "Simulating," in the User's Guide.

Note


The PC version of IC-CAP supports ADS version 2002 or newer. Older versions of ADS can not be used with the PC version of IC-CAP.

IC-CAP supports the following ADS features:

    • DC, Small Signal AC, Small Signal S-Parameter, and Transient analysis options
    • Parameter sweeps for device and circuit simulation
    • Temperature sweeps
    • Hierarchical simulation
    • Variables
    • Constants
    • Expressions
    • Spectre circuit page

The ADS Optimizer features are not currently supported in IC-CAP. IC-CAP optimization (different from the ADS Optimizer) of simulated data to target data is supported.

The ADS simulator supports the following analysis types:

    • DC
    • AC
    • 2-port
    • Transient
    • Noise
    • Capacitance Voltage (CV)
    • Time-Domain Reflectometry (TDR)
    • Steady State Harmonic Balance

Note


2-port simulation with high frequency noise is supported to extract noise parameters such as noise figure, optimum source reflection coefficients, equivalent noise resistance data, minimum noise figure data, and equivalent noise temperature data.

IC-CAP does not add extra circuitry in order to perform a 2-port simulation since this is a standard type in ADS.

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