hspice level 3-->kappa=0 == spectre?

Discussion in 'Cadence' started by selvakumar_in, Nov 10, 2003.

  1. hi all,

    i have an hspice level 3 parameter of nmos which has kappa value = 0,
    i converted it into spectre equivalent. while simulation, spectre
    showed a warning as
    " nmos: The saturation channel conductance is zero in the model.
    This could result in enormous gain and cause convergence
    or overflow problems. Check the value of lambda or kappa "

    In spectre mos3 parameter ranges kappa is defined as should be greater
    than 0,
    since i Can't change the kappa value in the model file.what could be a
    solution for the warning

    expecting replies

    with regards
    selvakumar
     
    selvakumar_in, Nov 10, 2003
    #1
  2. That notice (it's a notice, so less severe than a warning) is built into the
    model (and appears to be good advice). You can't (I believe turn off the
    specific notice). However, you can run "spectre -note netlist.scs" to
    turn off display of all notices. See spectre -h for more details.

    Regards,

    Andrew.
     
    Andrew Beckett, Nov 11, 2003
    #2
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