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

• Temperature sensor test - Test benches / equations for temp sensor performance measurements
• Data converter test - Methods for testing the performance of ADCs and DACs

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.