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Verilog-A control of temperature?

drdanmc
drdanmc over 5 years ago

Is it possible to control temperature as a dynamic parameter not through `paramset` or other dynamic parameter related arguments to `tran` but via Verilog-A?  The reason I'm asking is I have an setup where I have a Verilog-A module that is "in charge" of a simulation.  It sets some voltages, monitors for certain conditions, and then once certain conditions are met it changes some voltages and continues.  It seems faster than running individual simulations with different setups in this case.  I'd like to be able to do the same with temperature but it isn't clear that this is possible.  I'm guessing if I use dynamic parameters with fixed times for the change that I'd be better off just running individual sims that step temperature and combining results.

Thanks

-Dan

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 5 years ago

    Hi Dan,

    You can use $cds_set_temperature from (I think) SPECTRE18.1 ISR4 / SPECTRE17.1 ISR12. See Cadence Verilog-A Language Reference -- Simulator Functions - Changing the Global Circuit Temperature

    Be careful about changing it too abruptly as this can cause convergence issues.

    Andrew.

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  • drdanmc
    drdanmc over 5 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    perfect!  Thanks.

    -Dan

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