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[ADE-L] Timed captab: "Results->Print->Capacitance Table" (and calculator "pv(...)" function) not working

dontpanic
dontpanic over 10 years ago

Hello all! I am unable to browse the capacitance table for a timed captab in a transient simulation. I would like to get exactly the same window "Capacitance Table : tran_info-tran_info" as illustrated in the section "Printing Capacitance Data" in the ADE-L User Guide (v6.1.6 August 2014).

-If in my transient simulation options, I select:
(under label Misc:)  captab: check, timed: check, threshold: 1f, detail: node, sort: name
(under label Output:) infotimes: 1n 2n

the captab results are only printed in the simulation log (spectre.out) but the "Results->Print->Capacitance Table" option is grayed-out.

-If I uncheck "timed" under the label "Misc", the table is available through "Results->Print->Capacitance Table", but the captab is run only at the final transient operating point.

I have tried following the approach explained in "Solution ID:11761724" and in this forum's post "Entering infoname and info (captab) analysis in ADE", but the results are the same: captab data printed in logfile but not available through "Results->Print->Capacitance Table".

Moreover, I have also noticed that for a timed captab the calculator is unable to print the data using the method explained in "Solution ID:11177864", e.g. using expressions like: pv("/CLK : vINm" "Variable" ?result "tran_info-tran_info") , but the calculator says "expression evaluation failed", and in the CIW I get the following message:

WARNING (OCN-6043): Either you did not do openResults() and selectResults() before using this command,
        or the requested data is not in the file. Make sure your openResults() and selectResults()
        commands worked and type report() to see what is in the file. For more information, type
        ocnHelp() in the Command Interface Window (CIW).

I would be very grateful if someone could help me to overcome these issues.

Cheers,

Jorge.

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    dontpanic over 10 years ago

    OK, good to know! Since now I'm able to access the captab results using the pv() function (as per the other post), I won't really need to check them by hand using "Results->Print->Capacitance Table".

    Thanks again for your support!

    Cheers,

    Jorge.

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    dontpanic over 10 years ago

    OK, good to know! Since now I'm able to access the captab results using the pv() function (as per the other post), I won't really need to check them by hand using "Results->Print->Capacitance Table".

    Thanks again for your support!

    Cheers,

    Jorge.

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