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Message started by Evgenii on Mar 4^th, 2010, 9:09am

Title: spp -convert (spice to spectre convert procedure)
Post by Evgenii on Mar 4^th, 2010, 9:09am

Hi, folks!
I use spp procedure
spp -convert <modn.m> modn.scs

original spice string (input file, line 14)
.model NE bsim3v3 version=\3.1 type=\n capmod=2.000e+00 &
....
....
output file contains
model ne bsim3v3 type=n
+ version=\3.1 type=\n capmod=2.000e+00
.....

output file is generated, but what this warning means

//--WARNING--// SPICE Reader : "Netlist", Line 14 : Unrecognized Model Primitive found; passed unaltered.
is bad or not? :-/
ps I dont running spectre yet with modn.scs
Thanks! :)

Title: Re: spp -convert (spice to spectre convert procedure)
Post by Andrew Beckett on Mar 5^th, 2010, 1:51am

The model looks as if it may have been a cdsSpice syntax model (based on the filename, and the backslashes, and the &).

spp is obsolete, and is not necessary for standard SPICE models, which can be read directly by spectre.

However, there's a separate utility to convert spectreS models to spectre. In the icfb CIW, you can do Tools->Conversion Tool Box, and then there is "Spectre Models from SpectreS". This corresponds to the utility "modelTrans" in <ICinstDir>/tools/dfII/bin - which you give a directory full of spectreS .m models, and specify the ".scs" file you want it to create from these.

Regards,

Andrew.

Title: Re: spp -convert (spice to spectre convert procedure)
Post by Evgenii on Mar 5^th, 2010, 2:33am

Спасибо!
Thanks again, Andrew! :)