How To Use Cadence Tools

Basic Unix Commands:
List of common commands (Stanford University)


The first time you use Cadence:
Opening an Xwindow launching Cadence at Cal Poly Pomona
Cadence environment introduction

Starting Cadence:
Opening an Xwindow launching Cadence at Cal Poly Pomona

Bindkey Summary

Schematic Entry - Virtuoso-Schematic
all - Initializing the Schematic Composer Environment - First time only
ECE 423, 418, 423L - Creating a schematic of a nor2
ECE423 - schematic for determining fanout of 4 delay
ECE423L -Creating a Heirarchical schematic
ECE423L -Creating Heirarchical schematic for a transient simulation
More efficient way to name pins and wires
ECE 423, 418, 423L - Creating Symbols

ECE 418, 407 -Creating a schematic to characterize a PMOS transistor
Working with buses and arrays

Simulating - Analog-Artist
all
- Initializing your simulation environment - First time only
all -
Parts to use for simulations (Voltage and Current sources)
all - Loading a State
ECE 407, ECE 418 - Running a DC sweep simulation
ECE 407 - Running a Parametric Sweep Simulation
ECE 423L - Running a Transient Simulation
ECE 423 - Characterizing an inverter with a fanout of 4
Nested Sweep

Plotting Simulation Results - Waveform Window
Plotting Transient Simulations
Plotting DC Simulations
ECE 407, 418 - Plotting ro

Layout
ECE 423L - NOR Layout Example
(with labels)
ECE 423, 418 - NOR Layout Example
(no labels)
DRC
LVS --- Debugging LVS errors
ECE 423L -Hierarchical Layout



Mosis design rules
We are using the sub-micron design rules: SCMOS_SUBM
The particular flavor that we are using is:
SCNME_SUBM


How to access the Cadence manual (cdsdoc) - tutorials and documentation
Install Directory: /usr/local/cadence/ic50

 

Virtuoso Users Guide

 

We wish to acknowledge North Carolina State University for developing a the NCSU design kit and making it available

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