Solido Simulation Suite
Solido SPICE Essentials
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This course introduces students to the Solido™ SPICE simulator, which is engineered to redefine the circuit design workflow. As a truly next-generation, feature-rich, high-capacity, and SPICE-accurate simulation technology, it delivers an unprecedented 2 to 30x speedup across analog, mixed-signal RF, memory, and 3D Integrated Circuit (3D IC) applications.
This course will showcase the impressive capabilities, robust features, and significant benefits of Solido SPICE. You’ll gain practical expertise in performing a wide array of both basic and advanced circuit analyses using Solido SPICE, exploring this within various simulation flows, including the Solido Design Environment’s core flow, which seamlessly integrates with the Siemens Custom IC Design S-edit tool. Furthermore, we’ll delve into powerful utilities such as DNA Advisor and the comprehensive tools found within the Solido Waveform Analyzer, which hold the potential to truly revolutionize how you approach and interpret your simulation results.
Course Details
Learn how to leverage the Solido SPICE simulator, a truly next-generation, feature-rich, and high-capacity simulation technology. You’ll gain the skills to conduct basic and advanced circuit analyses, utilizing Solido SPICE’s comprehensive features and capabilities. Hands-on lab exercises will reinforce lecture and discussion topics under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.
- Basic knowledge of circuit analysis
- Familiarity with device noise concepts
PRIMARY COURSE TOPICS
What You’ll Learn
- Explore the capabilities, features, and benefits of the Solido SPICE simulator.
- Investigate various command-line options and performance controls.
- Learn to use the Solido SPICE simulator in the Design Environment, including test setup and simulations in Solido Design Environment’s core-flow using Siemens Custom IC, the S-Edit tool.
- Perform various analyses, such as DC, transient, AC, sweeps, noise, stability, loop stability, info, and transient noise with Solido SPICE.
- Explore the usage of alters, altergroups, parameter sets, vectors, asserts, and safe operating area warnings.
- Master various RF analyses in Solido SPICE, including Periodic Steady State (PSS) and Harmonic Balance (HB) in Driven and Autonomous circuits, their setup, debugging, and performance enhancement.
- Execute Monte Carlo simulations in Solido SPICE using both HSPICE and Spectre formats and explore various sampling methods.
- Understand, apply, and debug S-Parameters in Solido SPICE for accurate model extraction and performance improvement.
- Grasp the concepts of Reliability and Aging in semiconductor devices, and utilize the OMI aging simulation flow with Solido SPICE.
Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using the Solido SPICE simulator. Hands-on lab topics include:
- Examining the netlist files and running simulations through the command line
- Using Solido SPICE in Solido Design Environment (Solido DE)
- Running different types of analyses in batch mode and Solido DE core flow with Solido SPICE
- Using Solido Waveform Analyzer for post-processing the simulation results
- Using alters, info analysis, data statements, parameter sets, vectors, and asserts
- Running transient noise analysis in single and parallel runs
- Running PSS and HB analyses for both driven and autonomous circuits, including debugging PSS convergence using the pssresidue function
- Using DNA Advisor to receive recommendations on the analysis parameters
- Creating Monte Carlo analyses in both HSPICE and Spectre syntax and exploring various Monte Carlo parameters and output files
- Examining extracted S-Parameter models and comparing original versus fitted data within the Solido Waveform Analyzer
- Performing full interval and gradual aging simulations using the HSPICE format for Reliability Analysis
- Running simulations with Bisection Optimization
- Performing dynamic circuit checks