Manual for Simulation using Virtuoso

ADE_XL
Starting the Simulator Environment

1. From the test design, execute File-Launch_ADE XL

2. ‘Launch ADE (G)XL’ window will open. Click on Create New View and press OK

3. ‘Create new ADE (G) XL view’ window will open. By default the library and cell details
will be present. If not enter the details and click OK.
4. ‘Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL Editing’ window will appear. Click on
‘here’ under Tests.

5. ‘ADE XL Editor’ and ‘Choosing Design – Virtuoso Analog Design Environment’

windows will appear.
 6. In the ‘Choosing Design – Virtuoso Analog Design Environment’, select the test design
which we need to simulate and click OK.
7. In the Simulation window (ADE XL Editor), execute Analysis - Choose Analysis or

click the Choose - Analysis icon.

8. The Choosing Analysis form appears. This is a dynamic form, the bottom of the form
changes based on the selection above.

To setup for transient analysis

a. In the Analysis section select tran.

b. Set the stop time as 200n.
c. Click at the moderate and Enabled buttons at the bottom, and then click Apply.
To set up for DC Analysis:
a. In the Analysis section, select dc.
b. In the DC Analysis section, turn on Save DC Operating Point.
c. Turn on the Component Parameter.
d. Click the Select Component, Which takes you to the schematic window.
e. Select input signal vpulse source in the test schematic window.
f. Select DC Voltage in the “Select Component Parameter” window and click OK.
 g. In the analysis form, enter start and stop voltages as 0 to 1.8 respectively.

h. Check the enable button and then click Apply.

9. Click OK in the Choosing Analysis Form.

Selecting Signals for Plotting

a) Execute Outputs – To be plotted – Select on Schematic in the simulation window.

b) Follow the prompt at the bottom of the schematic window, Click on output net Vout,
input net Vin of the Inverter_Test. Press Esc with the cursor in the schematic after
selecting it.
c) After setting the transient and DC analysis and also the signals for wave plotting, the
ADE LX Test Editor window will look like the figure below.
10. Go to the ‘Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL Editing’ window and click on Run
Simulation icon.
11. After successful simulation, click on Plot all Waveforms icon under results option.

12. Now you can verify the results from the ‘Virtuoso Visualization & Analysis XL’
window.