Cadence Simulation Tutorial

ECE531 Cadence Simulation TutorialHaibo WangSouthern Illinois University Carbondale1. Cadence Setup1. Add Cadence executable into your computer search path by:(a) Copy path file .cadence.ece531 from directory /staff2/magic/ece531 to your home directory (e.g. at yourhome directory type cp /staff2/magic/ece531/.cadence.ece531 .)(b) Insert command line source .cadence.ece531 into your .cshrc file (if you already have a similar command line,just modify it.)2. Create a directory that will contain all your design. (e.g. mkdir ece531). We will refer this directory as your projectdirectory in later discussion.3. Copy library setup file cds.lib from directory /staff2/magic/ece531 to your project directory.4. Copy device model file models.m from directory /staff2/magic/ece531 to your project directory.5. Verify your Cadence setup(a) Invoke Cadence tool: Open a new command terminal, go to your project directory, type icms &. The Cadencecommand interface window (CIW) as shown in Figure 1 should pop up.Figure 1. Cadence CIW with Tools menu opened.(b) Open Library Manager window: From the CIW pull down Tools menu (the second menu from the left)and select Library Manager (LM) as shown in Figure 1. The Library Manager window pops up as shown inFigure 2.(c) Open Design: From LM library column (the first column) select (by left clicking it) library a2dlib. Then thecell column (the second column) lists all the cells contained in the selected library. Select cell test veri ...