Spectre Circuit Simulator

SPICE-class circuit simulator

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Spectre is a SPICE-class circuit simulator owned and distributed by the software company Cadence Design Systems. It provides the basic SPICE analyses and component models. It also supports the Verilog-A modeling language. Spectre comes in enhanced versions that also support RF simulation (SpectreRF) and mixed-signal simulation (AMS Designer).

Specifications

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List of supported device models

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Advanced-node models, including the latest versions of the BSIM CMG, BSIM IMG, and UTSOI models
MOSFET models, including the latest versions of the BSIM3, BSIM4, BSIM Bulk (BSIM6), PSP, and HiSIM
High-voltage MOS models, including the latest versions of the HiSIM HV, MOS9, MOS11, and EKV
Silicon on insulator (SOI), including latest versions of BTASOI, SSIMSOI, BSIMSOI, BSIMSOI PD, and HiSIM SOI
Bipolar junction transistor (BJT) models, including the latest versions of VBIC, HICUM, Mextram, HBT, and Gummel-Poon models
Diode models, including the diode, Phillips level 500, and CMC diode models
JFET models, including the JFET, Phillips level 100 JFET, and Individual dual-gate JFET models
IGBT models, including PSpice® IGBT model and HiSIM IGBT models
Resistors, including linear resistor, diffused resistor, CMC two-terminal and three-terminal resistor, and physical resistor models
GaAs MESFET models, includes latest versions of GaAs, TOM2, TOM3, and Angelov
GaN MESFET models, including Angelov, ASM, and MVSG models
Silicon TFT models, including RPI Poly-Silicon and Amorphous silicon Thin-Film models
Verilog-A compact device models
Z and S domain sources
User-defined compiled model interface (CMI), allowing for the rapid inclusion of user-defined models
Josephson Junctions
Specialized reliability models (AgeMOS) for simulating the effect of HCI and BTI
Miscellaneous power models, including the relay, transformer, non-linear magnetic core, and winding
Miscellaneous RF models, including the DC block, DC feedthrough, and microstrip and stripline elements (bend, cross, corner, curve, open line, tee models)

Language and Netlist support

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The netlist formats, behavioral modeling languages, parasitic netlist formats, and stimulus files are common across the Spectre Simulation Platform. Supported formats include:

Spectre and SPICE netlist formats
Spectre, SPICE, and PSpice models
Verilog-A 2.0 LRM-compliant behavioral models and structural netlists
DSPF/SPEF parasitic formats
S-parameter data files in Touchstone, CITI-file, and Spectre formats
SST2, PSF, PSF XL, and FSDB waveform formats
Digital vector (VEC), Verilog-Value Change Dump (VCD), Extended Verilog-Value Change Dump (EVCD), and digital stimulus