October 2025

Technical Paper

A UVM Testbench for Exploring Design Margins of Analog/Mixed-Signal Systems: A PCI-Express Receiver Detection Circuit Example

This testbench finds the worst-case response of an analog circuit over a continuous-valued parameter space by combining a reactive stimulus technique with a Bayesian optimization algorithm. Learn more

Q&A of the Month

Can XMODEL simulate the time-domain reflectometry (TDR) response of a transmission line circuit?

Yes, simply model a TDR instrument that applies a 1V step and simulate the reflected waveform. Learn more

Tip of the Month

Customizing the header and footer strings of an XMODEL netlist

This tip shows how to insert additional include or import statements to the XMODEL netlists generated by GLISTER. Learn more

Primitive of the Month

cap_sw

This primitive models a capacitor whose capacitance is dynamically controlled by an input. Learn more

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