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spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error.

hTmTech
hTmTech over 11 years ago
hello , 
I still have this simulation error message  " spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error."  with cadence virtuoso
What is the problem ??
thanx 
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  • hTmTech
    hTmTech over 11 years ago
    here the full error message :
     
     
    Cadence (R) Virtuoso (R) Spectre (R) Circuit Simulator
    Version 12.1.0.347.isr3 32bit -- 10 Jan 2013
    Copyright (C) 1989-2012 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Cadence, Virtuoso and Spectre are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All others are the property of their respective holders.

    Protected by U.S. Patents: 
            
     
     

    Includes RSA BSAFE(R) Cryptographic or Security Protocol Software from RSA Security, Inc.





    Simulating `input.scs' on ubuntu at 5:09:52 PM, Sun May 11, 2014 (process id: 2154).
    Current working directory: /home/htn/simulation/schema/spectre/schematic/netlist.
    Command line:
        /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/bin/32bit/spectre  \
            input.scs +escchars +log ../psf/spectre.out +inter=mpsc  \
            +mpssession=spectre0_1857_1 -format psfxl -raw ../psf  \
            +lqtimeout 900 -maxw 5 -maxn 5
    spectre pid = 2154

    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libinfineon_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libphilips_o_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libphilips_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libsparam_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libstmodels_sh.so ...
    Reading file:  /home/htn/htntools/simulation/schema/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.scs

    Time for NDB Parsing: CPU = 1.99612 s, elapsed = 8.79741 s.
    Time accumulated: CPU = 1.99612 s, elapsed = 8.79741 s.
    Peak resident memory used = 38.2 Mbytes.


    Error found by spectre during circuit read-in.
        ERROR (SFE-23): "input.scs" 12: PM0 is an instance of an undefined model pmos1.
        ERROR (SFE-23): "input.scs" 17: X0 is an instance of an undefined model f_opAmp.

    Reading link:  /home/ht/htntools//mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/discipline.h
    Reading file: /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/disciplines.vams
    Reading link:  /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.h
    Reading file: /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.vams

    Time for Elaboration: CPU = 36.002 ms, elapsed = 266.443 ms.
    Time accumulated: CPU = 2.03613 s, elapsed = 9.07521 s.
    Peak resident memory used = 40.7 Mbytes.

    spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error.
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  • hTmTech
    hTmTech over 11 years ago
    here the full error message :
     
     
    Cadence (R) Virtuoso (R) Spectre (R) Circuit Simulator
    Version 12.1.0.347.isr3 32bit -- 10 Jan 2013
    Copyright (C) 1989-2012 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Cadence, Virtuoso and Spectre are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All others are the property of their respective holders.

    Protected by U.S. Patents: 
            
     
     

    Includes RSA BSAFE(R) Cryptographic or Security Protocol Software from RSA Security, Inc.





    Simulating `input.scs' on ubuntu at 5:09:52 PM, Sun May 11, 2014 (process id: 2154).
    Current working directory: /home/htn/simulation/schema/spectre/schematic/netlist.
    Command line:
        /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/bin/32bit/spectre  \
            input.scs +escchars +log ../psf/spectre.out +inter=mpsc  \
            +mpssession=spectre0_1857_1 -format psfxl -raw ../psf  \
            +lqtimeout 900 -maxw 5 -maxn 5
    spectre pid = 2154

    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libinfineon_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libphilips_o_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libphilips_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libsparam_sh.so ...
    Loading /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/5.0/libstmodels_sh.so ...
    Reading file:  /home/htn/htntools/simulation/schema/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.scs

    Time for NDB Parsing: CPU = 1.99612 s, elapsed = 8.79741 s.
    Time accumulated: CPU = 1.99612 s, elapsed = 8.79741 s.
    Peak resident memory used = 38.2 Mbytes.


    Error found by spectre during circuit read-in.
        ERROR (SFE-23): "input.scs" 12: PM0 is an instance of an undefined model pmos1.
        ERROR (SFE-23): "input.scs" 17: X0 is an instance of an undefined model f_opAmp.

    Reading link:  /home/ht/htntools//mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/discipline.h
    Reading file: /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/disciplines.vams
    Reading link:  /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.h
    Reading file: /home/htn/htntools/mmsim/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.vams

    Time for Elaboration: CPU = 36.002 ms, elapsed = 266.443 ms.
    Time accumulated: CPU = 2.03613 s, elapsed = 9.07521 s.
    Peak resident memory used = 40.7 Mbytes.

    spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error.
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