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Please refer to Quick HSPICE Overview and HSPICE User Guidel to know about using HSPICE. First time users, please follow the instructions below for an HSPICE sample run:

 

Step1: Login your COE(Linux) account

Users have to activate "cadence.sh "

The "cadence.sh" file contains all the einvironments for Cadence and Hspice.

Thus, if you finish the Step 1 of "Getting Stared with Cadence", you can also run Hspice on COE system.

In order to activate “cadence.sh” you should use “tcsh” or “csh” (type “tcsh” or “csh”)

Be careful! the "cadence.sh" has to be activated whenever logging in you account.

If you do not want to do it, do following.

1. change your login shell to tcsh or csh (type "ypchsh")

2. make ".cshrc" from "cadence.sh" on your home directory. (type "cp cadence.sh .cshrc)

Step2: Run HSPICE using a given example

please download the cmos25_level49.lib (Spice Parameter) file to your current working directory.

Run HSPICE simulation by typing

#> hspice -i inverter.sp -o inverter.out

where inverter.sp is the name of the SPICE stack file and the output is redirected to a file called inverter.out.

 

Step3: View simulation results using Scope(Please refer to Scope Menu Bar)

Type

#> scope &

#> sx &

#> wv &

use whatever you want

to load the results.

For more example, please refer to the Digital Circuit Simulation Using Hspice.

 

 

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Dr. Yong-Bin Kim. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
327 Dana Research Center, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Tel: (617) 373-2919, Fax: (617) 373-8970
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