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is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Dec 04th, 2006, 4:35pm
 
Just like the function I can use for a resistor.
Since there are so many noise sources in a transistor, is it possible to turn off a specific noise sources in a specific instance in noise simulation (pnoise)?



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Re: is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Reply #1 - Dec 5th, 2006, 2:26pm
 
Well, the reason they set things up to get noise free resistors is so that you can look at the noise contributors from just your circuit elements.

Since you have to live with this stuff in your design in the real world, why would you want to do this in a design?

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Re: is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Reply #2 - Dec 6th, 2006, 4:52am
 
If the intent of turning off noise sources it to understand which
noise sources are important, that is, contribute to the total noise,
then use the noise summary. The noise summary can be used to
analyze the results both small-signal and periodic noise analysis
(if you have access to ADE).  

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Reply #3 - Dec 6th, 2006, 9:54am
 
Yes, I know I can use noise summary but sometimes I feel it would be more convenient to directly plot the noise, especially when I want to check the cyclostationarity of each noise sources. For example, it would be very convenient to do so if I want to find the ISF function for each contributer in an oscillator.
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Re: is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Reply #4 - Dec 6th, 2006, 9:02pm
 
Aigneryu,

  Then just plot the noise contributions using the results browser. While
the ISF is not available, the PPV is available in the most recent release.

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Re: is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Reply #5 - Dec 7th, 2006, 7:36am
 
Thanks Sheldon,

Actually that's is exactly what I do currently. but I just want to find out an easy way to get the ISF function in order to
check if my derivation is correct or not since I am developing an analytical solution for oscillators. Rather than inject a
finite width pulse to the osc and measure the phase shift, which is practically difficult to estimate the measurement error,
I try to inject a white noise current to the osc and do the time domain pnoise. This should be much faster and more accurate
than transient approach since the circuit is linearized through PSS solution.


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Re: is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Reply #6 - Dec 7th, 2006, 3:04pm
 
You can go into the transistor models and set the noise coefficients to zero, but it is messy to do.

Email Ken, he may know a way in Spectre...
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Re: is it possible to turn off the noise sources?
Reply #7 - Dec 8th, 2006, 12:31am
 
I know of no way of doing it. I see no point to it. Turning off all the noise sources and then sequentially turning them on one at a time is hard and slow. You get the same information in the noise summary, and you get it from every noise source with one noise analysis.

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Reply #8 - Dec 8th, 2006, 12:54am
 
Thanks, Ken,

You are right. why I asked for this is because when I browse the result for time domain noise,
not like in the direct plot menu, rather than plotting with the sweeping time index, it will give me many points
on the same frequency. But now I found there is an option to change the sweeping variable.
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