Cadence Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Environment User Guide
Obtaining an Initial Solution
October 2003
186
Product Version 5.0
The DC relaxation loop is shown in the following figure:
The mixed-signal simulator achieves the starting solution by performing the following
sequence. Note that the initial solution is attained in steps 1 through 4, and the reset solution
is attained in steps 5 and 6.
1. Analog values of D2A IEs are set to 0 V unless the D2A IEs were initialized to other
voltages in the analog simulator.
2. The analog simulator runs a DC simulation to calculate all analog node voltages.
3. The analog simulator calculates net voltages of the A2D IEs and passes the
corresponding A2D logic states to the digital simulator.
4. The digital simulator initializes all logic states with X or with explicit initialization values
provided in the digital behavioral models and stimulus file. The DC iteration count is set
to 0.
D2A states
Set D2A = 0
Run DC analysis
(Analog Simulator)
A2D states
Simulate over DC Interval
(Digital Simulator)
Any D2A
changes?
Max DC
iterations?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Continue with
transient analysis
Summary :
Cadence Mixed-Signal Circuit Design Environment User Guide Obtaining an Initial Solution October 2003 186 Product Version 5.0 The DC relaxation loop is shown in the following figure: The mixed-signal simulator achieves the starting solution by performing the following sequence.
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