Tutorials

Analog/Mixed-Signal Software Tutorials

• icfb setup - How to set up and run Cadence Virtuoso front-to-back IC design toolset for the first time
• Neocircuit setup - Setup for Neocircuit, a sophisticated circuit-optimization tool

Analog Simulation Techniques

• VCO Performance Simulations - How to simulate a voltage controlled oscillator using SpectreRF

8Inductor Design using ADS Momentum - Integrated inductor design procedure using Cadence and ADS Momentum

Digital Tutorials

• Cadence SoC RTL Compiler - Synthesize verilog to schematic
• Cadence SoC Place and Route - Generate layout for synthesized netlist

Cadence 6.1

During the summer of 2010 ISU will be migrating all student labs to Cadence 6.1. Tutorials pertaining to Cadence 6.1 are being created and will appear here during late Spring 2010 semester.