教学encadence+spectre+使用使用指南.doc

CS/EE 5720/6720 – Analog IC Design Tutorial for Schematic Design and Analysis using Spectre Introduction to Cadence EDA: The Cadence toolset is a complete microchip EDA (Electronic Design Automation) system, which is intended to develop professional, full-scale, mixed-signal microchips. The modules included in the toolset are for schematic entry, design simulation, data analysis, physical layout, and final verification. The Cadence tools at our university are the same as those at most every professional mixed-signal microelectronics company in the United States. The strength of the Cadence tools is in its analog design/simulation/layout and mixed-signal verification and is often used in tandem with other tools for digital design/simulation/layout, where complete top-level verification is done in the Cadence tools. An important concept is that the Cadence tools only provide a framework for doing design. Without a foundry-provided design kit, no design can be done. The design rules used by Cadence set up in this class is based for AMI’s C5N process (0.5 micron 3 metal 2 poly process). So, how is Cadence set up? Broadly, there are three sets of files that need to be in place in order to use Cadence. 1) The Cadence tools These are the design tools provided by the Cadence company. These tools are located in the /home/cadence directory. They are capable of VLSI integration, project management, circuit simulation, design rule verification, and many other things (most of which we wont use). 2) The foundry-based design kit As mentioned before, the Cadence tools have to be supported by a foundry-based design kit. In this class, we use Cadence design kit developed by the North Carolina State University (NCSU CDK). NCSU CDK provides an environment that has been customized with several technology files and a fair amount of custom SKILL code. These files contain information useful for analog/full- custom digital CMOS IC design via the MOSIS IC fabrication service (). This informa