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==== MMSIM 13.11.480 ====

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All are Product Version 13.1.1 April 2014

{{spectreuser.pdf | Virtuoso® Spectre® Circuit Simulator and Accelerated Parallel Simulator User Guide}}

  * Introduction to Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator
  * Spectre Netlists
  * Parameter Specification and Modeling Features
  * Analyses
  * Control Statements
  * Specifying Output Options
  * **Running a Simulation**
  * Post-Layout Simulation
  * Time-Saving Techniques
  * Managing Files
  * Identifying Problems and Troubleshooting
  * Example Circuits

{{mdlref.pdf | Virtuoso® Simulator Measurement Description Language User Guide and Reference}}

  * Defining and Using Measurement Aliases

{{rflibrary.pdf | Virtuoso® Spectre® Circuit Simulator RF Analysis Library Reference}}

  * A bunch of circuit and analysis components (filters, radios, PLLs, etc.)

{{rxuser.pdf | Virtuoso® RelXpert Reliability Simulator User Guide}}

  * Hot-Carrier Degradation Model for MOS Transistors

{{spectremod.pdf | Virtuoso Simulator Components and Device Models Reference}}

  * Circuit Components (Sources, s-domain, z-domain, Noise, Analog/Logic, Switch, etc.)
  * Passive Components
  * Tons of transistor & diode models (e.g. BSIM6, PSP, mosvar, EKV

{{spectreref.pdf | Virtuoso® Spectre® Circuit Simulator Reference}}

  * Analyis Statements (ac, cosim (MATLAB), dc, envlp, hb, bhac, noise, pnoise, pz, xf, etc.)
  * Other Simulation Topics (bsource, expressions, functions, if, keywords, digital stimulus, Verilog-A)
  * Circuit Checks

{{spectrerf.pdf | Virtuoso® Spectre® Circuit Simulator and Accelerated Parallel Simulator RF Analysis User Guide}}

  * Fundamentals of RF Simulation (Shooting Newton & Harmonic Balance)
  * Setting up a SpectreRF Simulation
  * Frequency Domain Analyses: Harmonic Balance
  * Single Input Large and Small-signal Analyses
  * Multiple Input Large and Small-signal Analyses
  * Envelope Analysis (ENVLP)
  * Large Signal S-parameter Simulation (LSSP)
  * AnalogLib Components Used in RF Simulation
  * Cosimulation with MATLAB and Simulink
  * Design Workshops
  * Top-down RF Design Methodology

{{spectrerftheory.pdf | Virtuoso® Spectre® Circuit Simulator RF Analysis Theory}}

  * How the sims work
  * SpectreRF MATLAB Toolbox
  * The SpectreRF Analyses
  * Simulating Oscillators

{{veriaref.pdf | Cadence® Verilog®-A Language Reference}}

  * Modeling Concepts
  * Creating Modules
  * Using Verilog-A in the Cadence Analog Design Environment
  * Verilog-A Modeling Examples

{{veriarefwn.pdf | Cadence® Verilog®-A What's New}}

  * Not much