How to change instance in Cadence automatically?

[melkord]

For example, I want to simulate 3 versions of my amplifier using the same testbench or I want to do transient simulation using 2 different inputs.

What I did so far is changing the instances manually and do the simulation one by one.
Is there any way to automate it? maybe a script to write or a setup to make?

 

[dick_freebird]

Why not put them all in one schematic and
simulate them all at once?

 

[melkord]

Why not put them all in one schematic and
simulate them all at once?

I did that as well to evaluate the DUTs.

But the trick does not work if I want to change the input signal source, e.g., changing from sinusoid to pulse for transient simulation.

Of course I am open to any suggestion to make my simulation more streamline.

 

[Dominik Przyborowski]

There is a lot of ways to do such thing.
You can create stimuli cell with various views and sweep them in config view.
Create stimuli netlist with various sections and sweep them in corner setup.
Define stimuli in test in ADE.
Or, what seems to be the simplest for you - use variable to control/enable/disable various sources.
For example, you want to stimuli your circuit with pulse/square on one test, and sinusoidal signal on other.
Connect two sources together (if voltage in series, if current in parallel), define variable like TRAN_SIM and use if/else statement inside amplitude of these sources. It can looks like following (i am writing from finger so syntax might be wrong)

V_SIN (VIN1 VSS) vsource type=sin amp=(TRAN_SIM==1?10m:0) freq=1M
V_SQUARE (VIN VIN1) vsource type=square amp=(TRAN_SIM==2?10m:0) period=1u

If in test, TRAN_SIM is set to 1, then sinusoidal signal will be provided, if TRAN_SIM is equal 2, than square signal, if any other value, no signal.