Transcription of HSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control Options
1 HSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control OptionsVersion , September 2008iiHSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control Notice and Proprietary InformationCopyright 2008 Synopsys, Inc. All rights reserved. This software and documentation contain confidential and proprietary information that is the property of Synopsys, Inc. The software and documentation are furnished under a license agreement and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement. No part of the software and documentation may be reproduced, transmitted, or translated, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, manual, optical, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Synopsys, Inc., or as expressly provided by the license to Copy DocumentationThe license agreement with Synopsys permits licensee to make copies of the documentation for its internal use only. Each copy shall include all copyrights, trademarks, service marks, and proprietary rights notices, if any.
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4 And HSPICE RF Application Commands ..1hspice..1hspicerf .. and HSPICE RF Netlist Commands ..13 HSPICE and RF Commands Overview .. EDGE .. FALL .. GLOBAL_LEVEL.. HOLD .. IRDROP .. RISE .. SETUP .. SLEW .. LIB.. (or) .MEAS .. (Rise, Fall, and Delay Measurements) .. (FIND and WHEN) .. (Equation Evaluation/ Arithmetic Expression) .. (AVG, EM_AVG, INTEG, MIN, MAX, PP, and RMS) .. (Integral Function) .. (Derivative Function) .. (Error Function) .. PHASENOISE .. PTDNOISE.. (Pushout Bisection) .. (ACMATCH) .. (DCMATCH) .. FFT.. or .PROT .. (Defining Rectangles) .. (Defining Circles) .. (Defining Polygons) .. (Defining Strip Polygons) .. (or) .TEMPERATURE.. or .UNPROT.. and RF Netlist Simulation Control Options ..287 HSPICE Control Options Grouped By Function.. ABSH .. ABSI .. ABSMOS .. ABSTOL .. ABSV .. ABSVAR .. ABSVDC .. ACCT .. ACCURATE .. ACOUT .. ALTCC .. ALTCHK .. APPENDALL .. ARTIST .. ASPEC .. AUTOSTOP (or).
5 OPTION AUTOST .. BA_ACTIVE .. BA_ERROR .. BA_FILE.. BA_TERMINAL .. BADCHR .. BDFATOL .. BDFRTOL.. BEEP .. BIASFILE .. BIASINTERVAL .. BIASNODE.. BIASPARALLEL .. BIAWARN.. BINPRNT .. BPNMATCHTOL .. BRIEF.. BSIM4 PDS .. BYPASS .. BYTOL .. CAPTAB .. CHGTOL .. CMIFLAG .. CMIPATH .. CMIUSRFLAG .. CONVERGE.. CPTIME .. CSCAL .. CSDF .. CSHDC .. CSHUNT .. CUSTCMI.. CVTOL .. D_IBIS .. DCAP .. DCCAP .. DCFOR .. DCHOLD .. DCIC .. DCON .. DCSTEP .. DCTRAN .. DEFAD .. DEFAS .. DEFL .. DEFNRD .. DEFNRS .. DEFPD .. DEFPS .. DEFSA .. DEFSB .. DEFSD .. DEFW.. DELMAX .. DI .. DIAGNOSTIC (or) .OPTION DIAGNO .. DLENCSDF .. DV .. DVDT .. DVTR .. EM_RECOVERY .. EPSMIN .. EXPLI .. EXPMAX .. FAST .. FFT_ACCURATE .. FFTOUT .. FMAX .. FS .. FSCAL .. FT .. GDCPATH .. GENK .. GEOSHRINK .. GMAX .. GMIN .. GMINDC .. GRAMP .. GSCAL .. GSHDC .. GSHUNT .. HBACKRYLOVDIM .. HBACKRYLOVITR .. HBACTOL.
6 HBCONTINUE .. HBFREQABSTOL .. HBFREQRELTOL.. HB_GIBBS .. HBJREUSE .. HBJREUSETOL .. HBKRYLOVDIM .. HBKRYLOVTOL .. HBKRYLOVMAXITER .. HBLINESEARCHFAC .. HBMAXITER .. HBMAXOSCITER .. HBPROBETOL .. HBSOLVER .. HBTOL .. HBTRANFREQSEARCH .. HBTRANINIT .. HBTRANPTS .. HBTRANSTEP .. HIER_DELIM .. HIER_SCALE.. ICSWEEP .. IMAX .. IMIN .. INGOLD .. INTERP .. IPROP .. ITL1 .. ITL2 .. ITL3 .. ITL4 .. ITL5 .. ITLPTRAN .. ITLPZ .. ITRPRT .. KCLTEST .. KLIM.. LA_FREQ .. LA_MAXR .. LA_MINC .. LA_TIME .. LA_TOL .. LENNAM .. LIMPTS .. LIMTIM .. LISLVL .. LIST .. LOADHB .. LOADSNINIT .. LSCAL .. LVLTIM .. MACMOD .. MAXAMP .. MAXORD .. MBYPASS .. MCBRIEF .. MEASDGT .. MEASFAIL .. MEASFILE .. MEASOUT .. METHOD .. MODMONTE .. MONTECON .. MOSRALIFE .. MOSRASORT .. MTTHRESH .. MU .. NCFILTER .. NCWARN .. NEWTOL .. NODE.. NOELCK .. NOISEMINFREQ .. NOMOD .. NOPAGE .. NOPIV .. NOTOP.
7 NOWARN .. NUMDGT .. NUMERICAL_DERIVATIVES .. NXX .. OFF .. OPFILE .. OPTCON .. OPTLST .. OPTS .. PARHIER (or) .OPTION PARHIE .. PATHNUM .. PHASENOISEKRYLOVDIM .. PHASENOISEKRYLOVITER .. PHASENOISETOL .. PHNOISELORENTZ .. PHNOISEAMPM .. PIVOT .. PIVREF .. PIVREL .. PIVTOL .. POST .. POSTLVL .. POST_VERSION .. POSTTOP .. PROBE.. PSF .. PURETP.. PUTMEAS .. PZABS .. PZTOL .. RANDGEN .. RELH .. RELI .. RELMOS .. RELQ .. RELTOL .. RELV .. RELVAR .. RELVDC .. RESMIN .. RISETIME (or) .OPTION RISETI .. RITOL.. RMAX.. RMIN .. RUNLVL .. SAVEHB .. SAVESNINIT .. SCALE .. SCALM.. SEARCH .. SEED .. SIM_ACCURACY .. SIM_DELTAI .. SIM_DELTAV .. SIM_DSPF .. SIM_DSPF_ACTIVE .. SIM_DSPF_INSERROR .. SIM_DSPF_LUMPCAPS .. SIM_DSPF_MAX_ITER .. SIM_DSPF_RAIL .. SIM_DSPF_SCALEC .. SIM_DSPF_SCALER .. SIM_DSPF_VTOL .. SIM_LA .. SIM_LA_FREQ .. SIM_LA_MAXR .. SIM_LA_MINC .. SIM_LA_MINMODE.
8 SIM_LA_TIME .. SIM_LA_TOL .. SIM_ORDER .. SIM_OSC_DETECT_TOL .. SIM_POSTAT .. SIM_POSTDOWN .. SIM_POSTSCOPE .. SIM_POSTSKIP .. SIM_POSTTOP .. SIM_POWER_ANALYSIS .. SIM_POWER_TOP .. SIM_POWERDC_ACCURACY .. SIM_POWERDC_HSPICE .. SIM_POWERPOST .. SIM_POWERSTART .. SIM_POWERSTOP .. SIM_SPEF .. SIM_SPEF_ACTIVE .. SIM_SPEF_INSERROR .. SIM_SPEF_LUMPCAPS .. SIM_SPEF_MAX_ITER .. SIM_SPEF_PARVALUE .. SIM_SPEF_RAIL .. SIM_SPEF_SCALEC .. SIM_SPEF_SCALER .. SIM_SPEF_VTOL .. SIM_TG_THETA .. SIM_TRAP .. SLOPETOL .. SNACCURACY .. SNMAXITER .. SPMODEL .. STATFL.. SYMB .. TIMERES .. TMIFLAG .. TMIPATH .. TNOM.. TRANFORHB .. TRTOL .. UNWRAP .. VAMODEL .. VERIFY .. VFLOOR .. VNTOL .. WACC .. WARNLIMIT (or) .OPTION WARNLIM .. WDELAYOPT .. WDF .. WINCLUDEGDIMAG .. WL .. WNFLAG .. XDTEMP .. (X0R,X0I) .. (X1R,X1I) .. (X2R,X21) .. Block Control Options .. Block Control Options .. Vector File Commands .
9 619 ENABLE..620 IDELAY ..621IO ..623 ODELAY..624 OUT or OUTZ ..626 PERIOD ..627 RADIX ..628 SLOPE ..630 TDELAY ..632 TFALL ..634 TRISE ..636 TRIZ ..638 TSKIP..639 TUNIT ..640 VIH ..642 VIL ..643 VNAME ..644 VOH ..646 VOL ..648 VREF ..650 VTH .. Command for .GRAPH .. ALT999 or ALT9999 .. BKPSIZ .. CDS .. CO .. H9007.. MEASSORT .. MENTOR .. MODSRH .. PLIM.. SDA .. TRCON .. ZUKEN ..668 GEAR Method ..672 ACCURATE ..672 FAST ..672 GEAR Method, ACCURATE ..673 ACCURATE, GEAR Method ..674 ACCURATE, FAST..674 GEAR Method, FAST ..675 GEAR Method, ACCURATE, FAST ..675 RUNLVL=N..676 RUNLVL, ACCURATE, FAST, GEAR method ..677 DVDT=1,2,3 ..677 LVLTIM=0,2,3 ..677 KCLTEST ..678 BRIEF ..678 Option Notes ..678 Finding the Golden Reference for Options ..679 HSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control This ManualThis manual describes the individual HSPICE Commands you can use to simulate and analyze your circuit This ManualThis manual contains the chapters described below.
10 For descriptions of the other manuals in the HSPICE documentation set, see the next section, The HSPICE Documentation Set. ChapterDescriptionChapter 1, HSPICE and HSPICE RF Application CommandsDescribes the Commands you use to start HSPICE or HSPICE RF, including syntax, arguments, and 2, HSPICE and HSPICE RF Netlist CommandsDescribes the Commands you can use in HSPICE and HSPICE RF 3, HSPICE and RF Netlist Simulation Control OptionsDescribes the HSPICE and HSPICE RF simulation Control Options you can set using various forms of the .OPTION 4, Digital Vector File CommandsContains an alphabetical listing of the HSPICE Commands you can use in an digital vector A, Obsolete Commands and OptionsDescribes Commands and Options no longer commonly used in B, How Options Affect other OptionsDescribes the effects of specifying Control Options on other Options in the Reference Manual: Commands and Control HSPICE Documentation SetThe HSPICE Documentation SetThis manual is a part of the HSPICE documentation set, which includes the following manuals: ManualDescriptionHSPICE User Guide: Simulation and AnalysisDescribes how to use HSPICE to simulate and analyze your circuit designs, and includes simulation applications.
