March 2023

Tutorial on Demand

Harnessing the power of UVM for AMS verification with XMODEL

Missed this tutorial at DVCon US? You can watch its video recording and learn how to write UVM testbenches for analog/mixed-signal circuits.

Model of the Month

Modeling a variable capacitor

Check out how to model a capacitor with continuously-varying capacitance, of which current is equal to I = C·dV/dt + V·dC/dt.

Tip of the Month

Plotting the Fourier transform of an xreal-type signal

Did you know you can plot the Fourier transform of a signal using XWAVE?

Primitive of the Month

cap_sw

This primitive models a capacitance whose capacitance switches between discrete values.

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