carol82
Newbie level 3
cadence importing ie3d
hi,
I'm designing a 1nH CTI (Centre-Tapped Inductor) with high quality factor. First, I create a square symmetrical CTI using AISITC and obtain a 1nH inductor with quality factor 7, then I export it into CIF file so that it can be imported into Cadence VLE for editing. In Cadence VLE, I cropped its angles to obtain an octagon CTI (I think octagon CTI has higher quality factor), and exported it into GDS file. The GDS file is then imported into IE3D for electromagnetic simulation. Is it the correct flow for the designing of an octagon CTI?
There are 2 ports for input and output of inductor, and 1 port connected to ground. But warning after the simulation in IE3D states that the PI-model might not be suitable for it, does it means that the PI-model for version 9.0 IE3D not suitable/support the 3-ports (odd-ports) design? This problem doesn't exist when I remove the ground port and run the simulation again, and the results are quite reasonable. Is it possible that the defining of metal layer conductivity is wrong? If so, how should I define the conductivity of metal layer based on its sheet resistance?
Thanks in advance!
hi,
I'm designing a 1nH CTI (Centre-Tapped Inductor) with high quality factor. First, I create a square symmetrical CTI using AISITC and obtain a 1nH inductor with quality factor 7, then I export it into CIF file so that it can be imported into Cadence VLE for editing. In Cadence VLE, I cropped its angles to obtain an octagon CTI (I think octagon CTI has higher quality factor), and exported it into GDS file. The GDS file is then imported into IE3D for electromagnetic simulation. Is it the correct flow for the designing of an octagon CTI?
There are 2 ports for input and output of inductor, and 1 port connected to ground. But warning after the simulation in IE3D states that the PI-model might not be suitable for it, does it means that the PI-model for version 9.0 IE3D not suitable/support the 3-ports (odd-ports) design? This problem doesn't exist when I remove the ground port and run the simulation again, and the results are quite reasonable. Is it possible that the defining of metal layer conductivity is wrong? If so, how should I define the conductivity of metal layer based on its sheet resistance?
Thanks in advance!