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Cadence ADE L Calculator and the expression used

Pyroblast
Pyroblast over 9 years ago

Hi guys,

Does anybody knows where can I find the manual of ADE L with the expressions used by the calculator?

Regards.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    Did you try running <ICinstDir>/tools/bin/cdnshelp ? (e.g. `cds_root virtuoso`/tools/bin/cdnshelp ) or just using the Help menu in the top corner of the Calculator to being up the ViVA User Guide? Or you can go over the function name in the function panel in the calculator and do Right Mouse->Help which will take you to the help for that particular function.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Pyroblast
    Pyroblast over 9 years ago
    Hi Andrew, yes I have but didn't find any expression used by the calculator. For example, what equation the ADEL uses to calculate the Gmax, NFmin or other function? This is what I am talking about.
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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    OK, these are covered in the SpectreRF documentation. The doc should be in both the MMSIM and IC streams, and could be found by searching for "gmax". However, there are quite a few hits so if you search instead for "Reference: S-Parameter Equations" you should find the section which covers all the S-Parameter equations.

    This is based on an application note written by Tawna Wilsey (who often posts here) many moons ago...

    Regards,

    Andrew

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