Cadence




A blank ( i.e. without design kit ) Cadence can be initialized and started on the Linux platform
by the commands

> source ~cadence/setup
> icfb



This page should contain the most accurate  of the department produced Cadence manuals.

The old version can be found here   oldmanual    , it describes a slightly older version of Cadence
and is mostly in swedish. The new version will be published here as the individual chapters are up-
dated. All documents are in the pdf format.

[ New: Version 4.46  startup ]

[ Newer version of Cadence is v5  which should be used. ]

The newest version ( v5.0.33 ) and how to use it with AMS v3.60 .

 modified
 16sep01     Preface
 11sep01     Chapter 1       Introduction
 11sep01     Chapter 2       User Interface
 11sep01     Chapter 3       Starting Cadence and Library Management
 11sep01     Chapter 4       Schematic Drawings and Symbols
 13sep01     Chapter 5       Simulation of a Schematic Design
 16sep01     Chapter 6       Building with Layout
 

These laboratory manual describes more of Cadence

ICPmanual  New 2002 version. Mixed-Mode Simulation and Silicon Ensemble.
 

Some Other Tools

Abstract Generator   Instructions on how to build abstract views.

CTgen A little paper on how to generate clock trees. So far it only works with Alcatel 0.35.

SeismIC Substrate Analysis Tool. 

Remote Simulation How to run the simulator on a different machine.