Beginner: Spectre_S-Parameter analysis

Discussion in 'Cadence' started by Stephane Mazurie, May 10, 2004.

  1. Hello

    I've started using Cadence a few weeks ago, and unfortunately, I do
    not find any answer to many (litle) questions like this under. If you
    have any tutorials a bit more exhaustive than Cadence Online doc, I'll
    be very grateful!
    I hope you could help me, thanks in advance!
    Regards

    S. Mazurie

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    Question
    During a simulation, I'd like to find the noise factor. I ran a
    Spectre S-Parameter simulation, with 2 ports (in & out) that gave me
    SP ZP etc... But for NFmin (and others!), the msfb returns an error:
    "results sp_noise are not available for (adress). Use results() for a
    list of available results. No valid output signals available"
    What do I have to do to succeed this test?
     
    Stephane Mazurie, May 10, 2004
    #1
  2. Did you turn on the option on the sp analysis form in ADE which says "Do Noise"?
    (corresponds to donoise=yes option on sp in the netlist file).

    You may have to tell it the input and output port for the noise analysis,
    although I think it defaults to ports 1 and 2 respectively.

    Andrew.
     
    Andrew Beckett, May 11, 2004
    #2
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