VLSI Lab Exp - No.1
VLSI Lab Exp - No.1
Access to Account:
Now the Remote Desktop Viewer window will appear as shown in Figure 1-1 .
Follow the steps as given in the order.
The above steps would open up the Terminal window as shown in Figure 1-2.
Now we are into the Second step of login. Now once again click on “Connect” button
at the top left corner and then, select “VNC” protocol.
Tool invocation
Open a Terminal window and type
cd Database/
Now change the shell from Bash to c shell using the following command
csh
Now set the UNIX environmental variables to access the Cadence package
source cshrc
Now change the directory to “cadence_analog_labs_613”
cd cadence_analog_labs_613/
Now invoke cadence analog package “virtuoso” by typing the following command.
Note, use “&” to enable switching between the tool window and active prompt window.
virtuoso &
This will load Cadence. The Command Interpreter Window (CIW) will now load as
shown in Figure 1-5.
Creating a Schematic
Click “File → New → Cellview” and Select library “ec64”. Name your cell
INVERTER. The tool you want to use here is Virtuoso Schematic Editor as seen in Figure
1-7.
Select “File → Check and Save” to save your schematic and make sure that there are
no errors or warnings.
Creating a Symbol
“Create → Cell View → From Cell View”
The final symbol you create should resemble that shown in Figure 1-10.
Figure 1-10 Inverter Symbol
1 2
1
DC Analysis
“Launch → ADE L”.
“Variables → Copy From Cellview”. Define “2u” for the wp variable.
In the ADE window select “Analyses → Choose”. Select “dc” and then “Component
Parameter”.
Select “Select Component” and then click on the input voltage source, V2, in the
schematic to sweep. Select “dc” as the variable to sweep when the popup window opens.
Specify sweep range: -900m into “Start” and 900m into “Stop”. Select OK.
In the ADE window select “Outputs → To be plotted” and select the wires (1,2) as
shown in Figure 1-11.
Select “Simulation → Netlist and Run” or click on the green light in the bottom right
corner.
Switching voltage
From the DC plot shown in Figure 1-12, select “Tools → Calculator”.
In the calculator window, select “wave” radio button and go back to the wave window
and select the wave.
Now from the “special function”, select “cross”. Mirror the setting as shown in Figure
1-13.
Click Ok. Click the “Evaluate buffer” button.
VM plot
Go to ADE window, select “outputs → Setup” and mirror the settings shown in
Figure 1-14.
Parametric analysis:
In the ADE window, click “Tools→ Parametric Analysis”. Enter the following details
as shown below.
Click Ok. Click the “Evaluate buffer” button. Note down the VIL value.
Just change the “Edge Number” to 2 and click “Evaluate buffer” to measure VIH.