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Errors while simulating PSpice subcircuit of LM324 with Spectre in ADE

Rahul Bhattacharya
Rahul Bhattacharya over 1 year ago

I am trying to simulate PSpice subcircuit of LM324 with Spectre in ADE. I have followed the steps as written by community member Tanwa 

How to Simulate a Subcircuit (Netlist) With Spectre in ADE - RF Engineering - Cadence Blogs - Cadence Community

During simulation I have come across the following errors

Error found by spectre during initial setup.
ERROR (CMI-2484): I6.w4: RLGC matrix data not provided.

I have attached the simulation log file, PSpice netlist of LM324 and snapshot of simulation setup for your reference.

Would you please help me how to resolve such issues?

Regards,

Rahul Bhattacharya

Fullscreen LM324.txt Download
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
* connections:   non-inverting input
*                | inverting input
*                | | positive power supply
*                | | | negative power supply
*                | | | | output
*                | | | | |
.subckt LM324    1 2 3 4 5
*
c1   11 12 2.887E-12
c2    6  7 30.00E-12
dc    5 53 dy
de   54  5 dy
dlp  90 91 dx
dln  92 90 dx
dp    4  3 dx
egnd 99  0 poly(2),(3,0),(4,0) 0 .5 .5
fb    7 99 poly(5) vb vc ve vlp vln 0 21.22E6 -1E3 1E3 20E6 -20E6
fpos a 0 vlim 1
w2 3 a vlim sw2
.model sw2 iswitch (ron=1 ion=0 ioff=-1u roff=10meg)
w1 a 0 vlim sw1
.model sw1 iswitch (roff=10meg ioff=0 ion=-1u ron=1)
fneg 0 b vlim -1
w3 4 b vlim sw3
.model sw3 iswitch (ron=1 ion=-1u ioff=0 roff=10meg)
w4 b 0 vlim sw4
.model sw4 iswitch (roff=10meg ioff=-1u ion=0 ron=1)
ga    6  0 11 12 188.5E-6
gcm   0  6 10 99 59.61E-9
iee   3 10 dc 15.09E-6
hlim 90  0 vlim 1K
q1   11  2 13 qx
q2   12  1 14 qx
r2    6  9 100.0E3
rc1   4 11 5.305E3
rc2   4 12 5.305E3
re1  13 10 1.845E3
re2  14 10 1.845E3
ree  10 99 13.25E6
ro1   8  5 50
ro2   7 99 25
rp    3  4 9.082E3
vb    9  0 dc 0
vc    3 53 dc 1.500
ve   54  4 dc 0.822
vlim  7  8 dc 0
vlp  91  0 dc 40
vln   0 92 dc 40
.model dx D(Is=800.0E-18 Rs=1)
.model dy D(Is=800.00E-18 Rs=1m Cjo=10p)
.model qx PNP(Is=800.0E-18 Bf=166.7)
.ends
Fullscreen spectre.out.txt Download
Spectre (R) Circuit Simulator
Version 21.1.0.546.isr13 64bit -- 4 Nov 2022
Copyright (C) 1989-2022 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Cadence and Spectre are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All others are the property of their respective holders.

Includes RSA BSAFE(R) Cryptographic or Security Protocol Software from RSA Security, Inc.

User: rahul   Host: ISMC2S01   HostID: 7F0100   PID: 38986
Memory  available: 27.8238 GB  physical: 33.1632 GB
Linux   : Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.7 (Ootpa)
CPU Type: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-12700
        Socket: Processors [Frequency] (Hyperthreaded Processor)
        0:       0 [2100.0] (  1 ),  1 [2100.0] (),  2 [2100.0] (  3 )
                 3 [2100.0] (),  4 [2100.0] (  5 ),  5 [2100.0] (),  6 [2100.0] (  7 )
                 7 [2100.0] (),  8 [1521.6] (  9 ),  9 [2100.0] (), 10 [2100.0] ( 11 )
                11 [2100.0] (), 12 [2100.0] ( 13 ), 13 [2100.0] (), 14 [2100.0] ( 15 )
                15 [2100.0] (), 16 [2100.0] (), 17 [2100.0] (), 18 [2100.0] (), 19 [2100.0] ()
        
System load averages (1min, 5min, 15min) : 1.0 %, 1.4 %, 1.4 %
Hyperthreading is enabled
HPC is enabled


Simulating `input.scs' on ISMC2S01 at 8:29:01 PM, Thur Feb 29, 2024 (process id: 38986).
Current working directory: /home/rahul/simulation/LM324_ckt/spectre/schematic/netlist
Command line:
    /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/bin/spectre -64 input.scs  \
        +escchars +log ../psf/spectre.out -format psfxl -raw ../psf  \
        +aps +lqtimeout 900 -maxw 5 -maxn 5 -env ade

Licensing Information:
[20:29:01.275825] Configured Lic search path (21.01-s002): 5280@14.139.1.126

Licensing Information:
[20:29:02.361016] Periodic Lic check successful

Loading /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libinfineon_sh.so ...
Loading /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libphilips_o_sh.so ...
Loading /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libphilips_sh.so ...
Loading /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libsparam_sh.so ...
Loading /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/cmi/lib/64bit/5.0/libstmodels_sh.so ...
Reading file:  /home/rahul/simulation/LM324_ckt/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.scs
Reading file:  /home/install/SPECTRE211/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/configs/spectre.cfg
Reading file:  /home/rahul/Desktop/test_23/Pspice_lib/LM324.txt
Time for NDB Parsing: CPU = 31.836 ms, elapsed = 747.755 ms.
Time accumulated: CPU = 75.558 ms, elapsed = 747.755 ms.
Peak resident memory used = 147 Mbytes.

Time for Elaboration: CPU = 7.152 ms, elapsed = 7.13205 ms.
Time accumulated: CPU = 82.762 ms, elapsed = 754.939 ms.
Peak resident memory used = 154 Mbytes.


Notice from spectre during hierarchy flattening.
    The value 'psf' specified for the 'checklimitdest' option will no longer be supported in future releases. Use 'spectre -h' to see other recommended values for the 'checklimitdest' option.


Time for EDB Visiting: CPU = 377 us, elapsed = 377.178 us.
Time accumulated: CPU = 83.194 ms, elapsed = 755.37 ms.
Peak resident memory used = 156 Mbytes.


Warning from spectre during initial setup.
    WARNING (CMI-2316): I6.de: Parasitic resistor `rs' has been deleted because its value of 1 mOhm ( R / (Area * MFactor) ) was smaller than `minr'.
    WARNING (CMI-2316): I6.dc: Parasitic resistor `rs' has been deleted because its value of 1 mOhm ( R / (Area * MFactor) ) was smaller than `minr'.
Error found by spectre during initial setup.
    ERROR (CMI-2484): I6.w4: RLGC matrix data not provided.

Licensing Information:
Lic Summary:
[20:29:02.388129] Cdslmd servers:5280@14.139.1.126
[20:29:02.388137] Feature usage summary:
[20:29:02.388138] Virtuoso_Multi_mode_Simulation


Aggregate audit (8:29:02 PM, Thur Feb 29, 2024):
Time used: CPU = 83.7 ms, elapsed = 756 ms, util. = 11.1%.
Time spent in licensing: elapsed = 663 ms, percentage of total = 87.7%.
Peak memory used = 157 Mbytes.
Simulation started at: 8:29:01 PM, Thur Feb 29, 2024, ended at: 8:29:02 PM, Thur Feb 29, 2024, with elapsed time (wall clock): 756 ms.
spectre completes with 1 error, 2 warnings, and 1 notice.
spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error.

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