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bki Community Member Offline Posts: 32	Create Symbol from Model Oct 29^th, 2014, 8:54am i have a external component that i want to simulate in Cadence. It has 48 Pins. I have a spice model for it. How can i create a symbol from the model in Cadence? I don�t want to draw a box with 48 pins by hand.
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Re: Create Symbol from Model
Reply #1 - Oct 30^th, 2014, 2:33am

You could use the scasubckt component from the analogLib library. The description given at http://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1191334088 applies to IC5. In IC6, you don't need to add the dummy port to the netlist because the ref pin is simply ignored. See also http://support.cadence.com/wps/mypoc/cos?uri=deeplinkmin:ViewSolution;solutionNu....

Another alternative would be to use the "Spice In" feature in IC6 (virtuoso -> File -> Import -> Spice) as mentioned in http://support.cadence.com/wps/mypoc/cos?uri=deeplinkmin:ViewSolution;solutionNu.... A detailed example for this is shown at http://support.cadence.com/wps/mypoc/cos?uri=deeplinkmin:ViewSolution;solutionNu.... From the created schematic, you can automatically generate a symbol view with Create -> Cellview -> From Cellview.

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bki Community Member Offline Posts: 32	Re: Create Symbol from Model Reply #2 - Oct 31^st, 2014, 2:50am I am student. I can not access those links. Can you please explain how to do it?! Thanks!
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bki Community Member Offline Posts: 32	Re: Create Symbol from Model Reply #3 - Oct 31^st, 2014, 3:21am I have a txt file like ABC.txt as spice model file. Within the file i have a statement: library ABClib Then i try: File->Import->SPICE Input: Reference library: ABClib Output: library: mylibrary I get an error due to the reference library. What is the problem?
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Frank Wiedmann Community Fellow Offline Posts: 678 Munich, Germany	Re: Create Symbol from Model Reply #4 - Oct 31^st, 2014, 6:35am Probably that the library ABClib does not exist in your environment.
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