• Skip to main content
  • Skip to search
  • Skip to footer
Cadence Home
  • This search text may be transcribed, used, stored, or accessed by our third-party service providers per our Cookie Policy and Privacy Policy.

  1. Community Forums
  2. Custom IC Design
  3. Spectre X vs APS++

Stats

  • Locked Locked
  • Replies 4
  • Subscribers 125
  • Views 14436
  • Members are here 0
This discussion has been locked.
You can no longer post new replies to this discussion. If you have a question you can start a new discussion

Spectre X vs APS++

illaoi
illaoi over 2 years ago

I look at the following and it seems spectre X Mx accuracy is close to Spectre APS Moderate (not sure if APS++ has the same %accuracy). When I simulate my post layout differential amplifier, former gives 6mV DC offset, latter gives 0.5mV DC offset, DC analysis.

My question is, which one is more accurate, and I can trust more? 

P.S. Spectre Cx also gives the same offset as Mx and I do APS++ with liberal accuracy, with conservative I also get 0.5mV offset!

  • Cancel
  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 2 years ago

    Please contact customer support (create a case).

    Andrew

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up 0 Vote Down
    • Cancel
  • illaoi
    illaoi over 2 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks for the quick respond, Andrew, though, it would be nice if I know your thoughts as well.

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up 0 Vote Down
    • Cancel
  • ShawnLogan
    ShawnLogan over 2 years ago in reply to illaoi

    Dear illaoi,

    As Andrew mentioned, unless you can provide the specific details on your specific simulator settings, it is best to contact support. As an example of an unknown that seems as if it might be responsible for your discrepancy, spectre X by default uses post-layout reduction. Spectre +aps or ++aps does not utilize it by default. Hence, if you did not specifically disable it in your Spectre X simulation, Spectre X and Spectre +aps (or ++aps) may indeed show different DC offset results. My understanding is the "gold standard" used by Cadence to gauge simulator accuracy is spectre without +aps nor ++aps. Hence, you might want to run your simulation in pure spectre to examine its results.

    Shawn

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up 0 Vote Down
    • Cancel
  • Frank Wiedmann
    Frank Wiedmann over 2 years ago in reply to ShawnLogan

    Postlayout optimization in Spectre X can be turned off with the command-line option +postlpreset=off

    • Cancel
    • Vote Up 0 Vote Down
    • Cancel

Community Guidelines

The Cadence Design Communities support Cadence users and technologists interacting to exchange ideas, news, technical information, and best practices to solve problems and get the most from Cadence technology. The community is open to everyone, and to provide the most value, we require participants to follow our Community Guidelines that facilitate a quality exchange of ideas and information. By accessing, contributing, using or downloading any materials from the site, you agree to be bound by the full Community Guidelines.

© 2025 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • Cookie Policy
  • US Trademarks
  • Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information