Transcription of HSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control Options
1 HSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control OptionsVersion , March 2013iiHSPICE Reference Manual: Commands and Control and Proprietary Information NoticeCopyright 2013 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 Control StatementAll technical data contained in this publication is subject to the export Control laws of the United States of America. Disclosure to nationals of other countries contrary to United States law is prohibited.
2 It is the reader s responsibility to determine the applicable regulations and to comply with , INC., AND ITS LICENSORS MAKE NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THIS MATERIAL, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR and certain Synopsys product names are trademarks of Synopsys, as set forth other product or company names may be trademarks of their respective , E. Middlefield RoadMountain View, CA iiiContentsInside this Manual ..xxiThe HSPICE Documentation Set..xxiiSearching Across the HSPICE Documentation Set..xxiiKnown Limitations and Resolved STARs ..xxiiiConventions ..xxiiiCustomer Support .. and HSPICE RF Application Commands ..1hspice..1 Examples of Starting HSPICE ..7 Using HSPICE for Calculating New Measurements..8hspicerf .. and HSPICE RF Netlist Commands ..11 HSPICE and RF Commands Overview.
3 12 Analysis ..12 Alter Block ..13 Conditional Block ..13 Digital Vector ..13 Encryption ..14 Field Solver ..14 Files ..14 Input/Output Buffer Information Specification (IBIS) ..14 Library Management ..14 Model and Variation Definition ..15 Node Naming ..15 Output Porting ..15 Setup ..15 Simulation Runs ..15 Subcircuits ..16 Verilog-A..16ivContentsAlphabetical Listing of Commands .. EDGE .. FALL .. GLOBAL_LEVEL .. HOLD.. IRDROP .. RISE .. SETUP.. SLEW .. LIB.. MODULE.. MODULEVAR .. (or) .ENDLIB (or) .ENDL TT (or) .ENDLIB TT .. (or) .INC (or) .INCL.. (or) .MEAS .. (Rise, Fall, Delay, and Power Measurements) .. (FIND and WHEN) .. (Continuous Results) .. (Equation Evaluation/Arithmetic Expression) .. (AVG, EM_AVG, INTEG, MIN, MAX, PP, and RMS).. (Integral Function) .. (Derivative Function) .. (Error Function) .. PHASENOISE .. PTDNOISE .. (Pushout Bisection).
4 (ACMATCH) .. (DCMATCH) .. FFT.. LSTB .. (or) . Options .. (or) .PARAMETER (or) .PARAMETERS .. or .PROT .. (Defining Rectangles) .. (Defining Circles) .. (Defining Polygons) .. (Defining Strip Polygons) .. (Defining Trapezoids) .. (or) .TEMPERATURE.. or .UNPROT .. Netlist Simulation Control Options ..361 HSPICE Control Options Grouped By Function..363 General Control Options ..363 Input/Output Controls ..364 Model Analysis ..364 HSPICE Analysis Options ..367 Transient and AC Small Signal Analysis Options ..367 HSPICE RF Analysis Options ..369HB Options ..369 Phase Noise Analysis ..371 Power Analysis ..371viiiContentsRC Network Reduction..371 Simulation Output..371 Shooting Newton Options ..371 DSPF Options ..372 SPEF Options ..372 Transient Accuracy Options ..372 Alphabetical Listing of HSPICE Control Options .. ABSH .. ABSI .. ABSIN.. ABSMOS .. ABSTOL.
5 ABSV .. ABSVAR .. ABSVDC.. ACCURATE .. ALTCC .. ALTCHK .. ALTER_SELECT .. APPENDALL .. ARTIST.. ASPEC .. AUTO_INC_OFF .. AUTOSTOP (or) .OPTION AUTOST .. BA_ACTIVE .. BA_ACTIVEHIER .. BA_ADDPARAM.. BA_COUPLING .. BA_DPFPFX .. BA_ERROR .. BA_FILE .. BA_FINGERDELIM .. BA_GEOSHRINK .. BA_HIERDELIM .. BA_IDEALPFX .. BA_MERGEPORT .. BA_NETFMT .. BA_PRINT .. BA_SCALE.. BA_TERMINAL .. BADCHR .. BDFATOL .. BDFRTOL .. BEEP .. BIASFILE .. BIASINTERVAL .. BIASNODE.. BIASPARALLEL .. BIAWARN .. BINPRNT .. BPNMATCHTOL .. BSIM4 PDS .. BYPASS .. BYTOL .. CAPTAB .. CFLFLAG .. CHGTOL .. CMIMCFLAG .. CMIFLAG .. CMIPATH .. CMIUSRFLAG .. CMIVTH .. CONVERGE.. CPTIME .. CSCAL .. CSDF .. CSHDC .. CSHUNT .. CUSTCMI .. CVTOL .. D_IBIS .. DCAP .. DCCAP .. DCFOR .. DCHOLD .. DCIC .. DCON .. DCTRAN .. DEFAD .. DEFAS.
6 DEFL .. DEFNRD .. DEFNRS.. DEFPD .. DEFPS .. DEFSA .. DEFSB .. DEFSD .. DEFW.. DEGF .. DEGFN.. DEGFP .. DELMAX .. DI .. DIAGNOSTIC (or) .OPTION DIAGNO .. DLENCSDF .. DP_FAST .. DUMPCFL .. DV .. DVDT .. DVTR .. DYNACC.. EM_RECOVERY .. EPSMIN .. EQN_ANALYTICAL_DERIV .. EXPLI .. EXPMAX .. EXTERNAL_FILE.. FAST .. FFT_ACCURATE .. FFTOUT .. FMAX .. FS .. FSCAL .. FSDB .. FT .. GDCPATH .. GEN_CUR_POL.. GENK .. GEOCHECK.. GEOSHRINK .. GMAX .. GMB_CLAMP.. GMIN .. GMINDC .. GRAMP .. GSCAL .. GSHDC .. GSHUNT .. HBACKRYLOVDIM .. HBACKRYLOVITER (or) HBAC_KRYLOV_ITER .. HBACTOL .. HBCONTINUE .. HBFREQABSTOL .. HBFREQRELTOL .. HB_GIBBS .. HBJREUSE .. HBJREUSETOL .. HBKRYLOVDIM .. HBKRYLOVTOL .. HBKRYLOVMAXITER (or) HB_KRYLOV_MAXITER .. HBLINESEARCHFAC .. HBMAXITER (or) HB_MAXITER .. HBOSCMAXITER (or) HBOSC_MAXITER.
7 HBPROBETOL .. HBSOLVER .. HBTOL .. HBTRANFREQSEARCH .. HBTRANINIT .. HBTRANPTS .. HBTRANSTEP .. HIER_DELIM .. HIER_SCALE .. IC_ACCURATE .. ICSWEEP .. IMAX .. IMIN .. INGOLD .. INTERP .. IPROP .. ITL1 .. ITL2 .. ITL3 .. ITL4 .. ITL5 .. ITLPTRAN .. ITLPZ .. ITRPRT .. IVDMARGIN .. IVTH .. KCLTEST .. KLIM .. LA_FREQ .. LA_MAXR .. LA_MINC .. LA_SPLC .. LA_TIME .. LA_TOL .. LENNAM .. LIMPTS .. LIMTIM .. LISLVL .. LIS_NEW .. LIST .. LOADHB .. LOADSNINIT .. LSCAL .. LVLTIM .. MACMOD .. MAXAMP .. MAXORD .. MAXWARNS .. MBYPASS .. MC_FAST .. MCBRIEF .. MEASDGT .. MEASFAIL .. MEASFILE .. MEASFORM.. MEASOUT .. MESSAGE_LIMIT .. METHOD .. MINVAL .. MIXED_NUM_FORMAT .. MODMONTE .. MODPARCHK .. MODPRT .. MONTECON .. MOSRALIFE.. MOSRASORT .. MRAAPI .. MRAEXT .. MRAPAGED ..616. O P T I O N M R A 0 0 PAT H , M R A 0 1 PAT H , M R A 0 2 PAT H , M R A 0 3 PAT H.
8 6 1 MTTHRESH .. MU .. NCFILTER .. NCWARN .. NEWTOL .. NODE .. NOELCK.. NOISEMINFREQ .. NOISUM .. NOMOD .. NOPIV .. NOTOP .. NOWARN .. NUMDGT .. NUMERICAL_DERIVATIVES .. NXX .. OFF .. OPFILE .. OPTCON .. OPTLST .. OPTPARHIER .. OPTS .. PARHIER (or) .OPTION PARHIE .. PATHNUM .. PCB_SCALE_FORMAT .. PHASENOISEKRYLOVDIM (or) PHASENOISEKRYLOVITER (or) PHASENOISE_KRYLOV_ITER PHASENOISETOL .. PHASETOLI .. PHASETOLV .. PHD .. PHNOISELORENTZ (or) PHNOISE_LORENTZ .. PHNOISEAMPM .. PIVOT .. PIVTOL .. POST .. POSTLVL .. POST_VERSION .. POSTTOP .. PROBE .. PSF .. PURETP.. PUTMEAS .. PZABS .. PZTOL .. RADEGFILE .. RADEGOUTPUT .. RANDGEN .. REDEFMODEL .. REDEFSUB .. RELH .. RELI .. RELIN.. RELMOS .. RELQ .. RELTOL .. RELV .. RELVAR .. RELVDC .. REPLICATES .. RES_BITS .. RESMIN .. RISETIME (or) .OPTION RISETI.
9 RITOL .. RMAX .. RMIN .. RM_CMAX .. RM_CMIN.. RM_CNEG .. RM_RMAX .. RM_RMIN.. RM_RNEG .. RUNLVL .. SAMPLING_METHOD .. SAVEHB .. SAVESNINIT .. SCALE .. SCALM .. SEARCH .. SEED .. SET_MISSING_VALUES .. SHRINK .. 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_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.
10 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 .. SI_SCALE_SYMBOLS.. SLOPETOL .. SNACCURACY .. SNCONTINUE .. SNMAXITER (or) SN_MAXITER .. SNTMPFILE .. SOIQ0 .. SPLIT_DP .. SPMODEL .. STATFL .. STRICT_CHECK .. SX_FACTOR .. SYMB .. TIMERES .. TMIFLAG .. TMIPATH .. TMIVERSION .. TMPLT_POL.. TNOM.. TRANFORHB .. TRCON .. TRTOL .. UNWRAP .. USE_TEMP .. VAMODEL .. VECBUS.. VER_CONTROL .. VERIFY .. VFLOOR .. VNTOL .. VPD .. WACC .. WARN.. WARN_SEP .. WARNLIMIT (or) .OPTION WARNLIM .. WAVE_POP .. WDELAYOPT .. WDF .. WINCLUDEGDIMAG .. WL .. WNFLAG .. XDTEMP .. XMULT_IN_EXP.. (X0R,X0I) .. (X1R,X1I) .. (X2R,X21).. Block Control Options .. Block Control Options .. Vector File Commands .
