Simulating
Simulation is the process of generating device and circuit output characteristics based on an available model. The accuracy of a model determines how well simulated characteristics agree with the real physical behavior of devices and circuits. The following figure illustrates the IC-CAP simulation process.
Figure 12 Simulation Flow Diagram
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Five types of simulators can be used in IC-CAP:
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Microwave Nonlinear simulator (MNS) |
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Advanced Design System simulator (ADS) |
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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.
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Simulators are provided with IC-CAP as a courtesy to IC-CAP users and are not supported by Agilent Technologies except for the ADS simulator.
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Interfaces, known as templates, are provided to the simulators (see the following table).
Table 10 IC-CAP Supported Simulators and Corresponding Template Names
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UCB SPICE2G.6
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spice2
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UCB SPICE3E2
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spice3
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HPSPICE
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hpspice
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HSPICE
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hspice
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ELDO
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eldo
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Microwave Nonlinear Simulator (MNS)
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mns
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Saber
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saber
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SPECTRE
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spectre (native circuit syntax)
spectre443 (spice circuit syntax)
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Advanced Design System (ADS)
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hpeesofsim (native circuit syntax)
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The IC-CAP simulator interface is an open system, so you can add any simulator similar to one of the templates. For details, refer to Adding a Simulator.
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