ADE-L: How to specify "options statements" for Spectre?

Hi Jorge

Adding the options cmd in "filename.scs" and including the file as one of the model files should work. Would you please provide your options cmd and also check spectre log file to see if there are any warnings about the added option?


Best regards
Quek

The document is referring to arguments to the "options" statement in spectre (this is "spectre -h options") for the most part. So that means that you can use options 1 or 4 in your list above. Let me explain the differences:

1. Make an .scs file and include it with the simulation libraries
   This is a way of including something of arbitrary spectre syntax - you would need to ensure that the name of your options statement (the first word on the line) is different from the ones used by ADE, but apart from that you are just setting the cumulative set of options from the ADE Simulation->Options->Analog form (and also some from the Outputs->Save All form)
2. Make an .scs file and include it in the "paramSet" directive
   I'm not sure what you're referring to here, but this doesn't sound as if it would be correct
3. Use the "user command-line options" field in the Setup->Environment menu
   This is for command-line switches (i.e. arguments to the spectre executable) as described in "spectre -h". This is not what you want. From the document, this is for things  like +postlayout or +parasitics=100000 etc.
4. Use the "Additional arguments" field in the Simulation->Options->Analog menu
   This would work too, although you wouldn't then specify the "options_debug options" part. Just specify things like "pivotdc=yes pivrel=0.1" i.e. the param=val parts. Note that some of these options are probably on the forms too for the Simulation->Options->Analog
5. Use the "additionalParams" field in the tran analysis "Misc" tab 
   This is for transient-specific param=value options, such as cmin=10a.

Hope that helps,

Regards,

Andrew.

Thanks so much for your replies, Quek and Andrew; after the clarifications I was able to make it work! I'm using method 1, as I find it more convenient.