Greetings everyone,
I would like to ask for some help with an issue that I have been facing while running simulations on a single transistor circuit.
The process of creating the circuit and setting up the simulation follows below:
- Launch Virtuoso - command: virtuoso&
- Virtuoso loads the 45nm PDK library without any errors
- Using the Library Manager - Created a new library and two cell views (one schematic and one maestro view)
- Created the circuit shown in Picture 1 - The transistor used the default library values for the nmos1v model.
- Setup the simulation
- Simulator: Spectre
- Variables: vgs= 1V, vds= 0V
- Chosen Analysis: dc, Save DC Operating Point: Enabled, Sweep Variable: Design Variable: vds, Sweep Range: Start 0, Stop 5, Sweep Type: Automatic. (Picture 2)
- Run: The simulation was completed successfully with no errors.
- Setup the simulation
- Using the calculator: operating point sweep (os)
- Selected the transistor model
- Selected the following parameters: drain current (id), rout, vearly, lambda (1/vearly) (Picture 3)
- Run: The simulation was completed without errors, the graphs looked normal but the value fields were showing "eval err" (Pictures 4 and 5)
- By adjusting the variable: vgs= 1 2 3 4 5, and trying to run the simulation as before (dc sweep of vds from 0 - 5 with the additional 5 sweeps of vgs) the simulations get stuck on "pending" until the message in Picture 6 pops up.
Below you will find the pictures I have mentioned in my post to help with recreating the process I followed by the netlist of the circuit.
Additionally, I have run the checkSysConf command and attached the output files from that bellow too.
Thank you in advance for any help on the matter.
Picture 1 - Single transistor circuit - schematic view.
Picture 2 - DC analysis setup window
Picture 3 - Simulation Expressions
Picture 4 - Expression Outputs
Picture 5 - Output graphs
Picture 6 - ADE Assembler Message 1921
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