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closyx
closyx over 3 years ago

Hi,

I am trying to import a cdl netlist. When I use the GUI in virtuoso (ICADVM20.1), the generated schematic is correct. When I use the command line (spiceIn -param with parameter file saved from the working 192.168.l.l GUI), the width and length of transistors are wrong. Interestingly, the spicein.log file is almost the same between the two. routerlogin

Does anyone know what could be the source of discrepancy? My guess is the CDF callback is not automatically trigged after running 192.168.0.1 spice-in from command line. If that is true, how should I resolve this?

CDL:

*.BIPOLAR
*.RESI = 0
*.RESVAL
*.CAPVAL
*.DIOPERI
*.DIOAREA
*.EQUATION
*.SCALE METER
*.MEGA
.PARAM

.SUBCKT inverter VDD VSS inp outp
*.PININFO inp:I outp:O VDD:B VSS:B
MM0 outp inp VSS VSS nch l=40n m=6 simM=2 Wfg=250.0n fingers=3
MM1 outp inp VDD VDD pch l=40n m=6 simM=2 Wfg=250.0n fingers=3
.ENDS

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With GUI: wfinger=250n, l=40n, fingers=3, m=2 --> w=750n and total_m=6

With command line: wfinger=250n, l=40m, fingers=3, m=2 --> w=100n and total_m=1 which is very very weird!

Thanks in advance for your help.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 3 years ago

    This appears to be identical to this post filed by another user. Is this spam or are you just asking the same question from another account with the hope that it might get answered?

    Andrew

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