• Skip to main content
  • Skip to search
  • Skip to footer
Cadence Home
  • This search text may be transcribed, used, stored, or accessed by our third-party service providers per our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.

  1. Community Forums
  2. Custom IC Design
  3. Including PWL files in Spectre

Stats

  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 2
  • Subscribers 125
  • Views 19090
  • Members are here 0
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Including PWL files in Spectre

kumarp
kumarp over 15 years ago

Hi,

I want to include a pwl file (from Setup->Model Libraries) that would define few signals in my block. I used the following format (included below is the 3 line pwl file format I used). It works fine if the pins "nodeA" "nodeB" are on the top level of the schematic.

simulator lang=spectre

VNODEA (nodeA 0) vsource type=pwl wave = [0 0 10n 0 20n 1]

VNODEB (nodeB 0) vsource type=pwl wave = [0 0 20n 0 30n 2]

But if those nodes are present 2 level inside the hierarchy and if those pins do not come to the top level schematic, I would like to know how to define those nets in that case. Lets say the top level instance is I0 and inside it is another instance called I2. And if these signals are in that level, what format should I use?

I tried the following (just like how the net would be described, if I plot it in analog artist), but it does not seem to work.

VNODEA (/I0/I2/nodeA 0) vsource type=pwl wave = [0 0 10n 0 20n 1]

Thanks,

Kumar

  • Cancel
Parents
  • kumarp
    kumarp over 15 years ago
    Hi Sunil,
    That worked just fine. Thanks for the help.
     
    Regards,
    Kumar
    • Cancel
    • Vote Up 0 Vote Down
    • Cancel
Reply
  • kumarp
    kumarp over 15 years ago
    Hi Sunil,
    That worked just fine. Thanks for the help.
     
    Regards,
    Kumar
    • Cancel
    • Vote Up 0 Vote Down
    • Cancel
Children
No Data

Community Guidelines

The Cadence Design Communities support Cadence users and technologists interacting to exchange ideas, news, technical information, and best practices to solve problems and get the most from Cadence technology. The community is open to everyone, and to provide the most value, we require participants to follow our Community Guidelines that facilitate a quality exchange of ideas and information. By accessing, contributing, using or downloading any materials from the site, you agree to be bound by the full Community Guidelines.

© 2025 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • US Trademarks
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information