October 2019

TIP OF THE MONTH

Translating HSPICE or Spectre testbenches into XMODEL’s equivalent testbenches

Find out how MODELZEN converts your SPICE testbenches including .MEASURE and .VEC statements to SystemVerilog testbenches.

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PRIMITIVE OF THE MONTH

vinit, iinit

These primitives are equivalent to a .IC statement in SPICE, which sets the initial condition of a node voltage or branch current.

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MODEL OF THE MONTH

Digitally-Controlled Phase-Locked Loop (PLL)

This example showcases how you can seamlessly combine the models for analog components and digital controller in SystemVerilog using XMODEL.

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