December 2019

TIP OF THE MONTH

Replaying waveforms stored in a CSV file during XMODEL simulation

Learn how to create a data file for the 'pwl_gen' primitive from other format files to reproduce waveforms.

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PRIMITIVE OF THE MONTH

vcvs_sw, vccs_sw, ccvs_sw, cccs_sw

These primitives are helpful when modeling dependent voltage/current sources with switchable scale factors.

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XMODEL RELEASE UPDATES

2019.12 Release

This release added the MODELZEN support for negative-Vth transistors and XMODEL support for FSDB waveform dumping using the Verdi version of user's choice.

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Latest Issues

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Catching Elusive Voltage Spikes with Assertions, Modeling VCO with Extra Digital Inputs, and More

January 2025

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December 2024

Modeling Mixed-Signal Processing-in-Memory Circuits, Filtering Phase Noise, and More

November 2024

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