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How to add a new component-part in Virtuoso

Sali

Hi ,

I have this spice code from ALADIN website, it is supposed to be the spice file for two nmos transistors connected in a certain way in one chip as in the attached figure.

I want to create this new component in Virtuoso to uses in the schematic.

I searched a lot around and I found CDF editing tutorial but it does not work since the parameters does not show up in the CDF form. Could any one help me in this.

Thank you

Moderator: Removed model contents since it's probably released under license by the part vendor

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Sali
    Sali said:
    *Error* eval: undefined function - DEFINE
    <<< Stack Trace >>>
    DEFINE(analogLib ((inst_root_with:(tools / dfII / bin / virtuoso)) / tools / dfII / etc / cdslib / artist / analogLib))

    I didn't ask you to type it in the CIW, which is what you've done here. This needs to go into the cds.lib which is where it defines the locations of libraries.

    Alternatively, if you're not comfortable with a text editor, you can use the Tools->Library Path Editor and define the library location of analogLib with the path to $(inst_root_with:tools/dfII/bin/virtuoso)/tools/dfII/etc/cdslib/artist/analogLib - this will update the cds.lib for you.

    Andrew.

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Sali

    Now you're using a version of Spectre from 2009 (why?). The failure is almost certainly related to some old version you're using - it's complaining about not being able to run the C-preprocessor first (cpp) because of some missing executable (I've never seen this failure before). Looking at this, it's failing in a fairly severe way, so I'd go back to trying to get IC618 working (hopefully with a more recent Spectre).

    You do appear to be stumbling around in the dark here in a rather poorly set up environment...

    Andrew.

  • Sali
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Yes I am stumbling around since I chose my current supervisor, but any way How can I know the version ? I usually look at the year that is written this way "1992-2015" , and from there I know it is 2015 edition! but it seems there is another way.

    So I went to the version IC68 to add the library and it was successfully added, then opened a schematic file then the funny thing there was no tool bar (no file, edit ,... tabs) and a msg of a license issue shows up.

    I found another version in the server 

    I was able to do everything but again  I had this error:

  • Sali
    in reply to Sali

    I tried in another version and it works fine.

    Thank you all

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