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Spectre AMS Designer and Xcelium Simulator Mixed-Signal User Guide
Product Version 22.09, September 2022

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Debugging Mixed-Signal Designs

This topic explains how to debug mixed-signal designs. 

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Terminology

The descriptions in this chapter use terminology that might be new to you. The terms have to do with the way that the compiler simulates mixed analog and digital designs.

Term

Definition

analog solver

The part of the AMS Designer simulator that simulates the analog portions of a design. Some SimVision capabilities appear only when the analog solver is active.

digital solver

The part of the AMS Designer simulator that simulates the digital portions of a design. Some capabilities are enabled only when the digital solver is active.

analog context

The context of statements that appear in the body of an analog block.

digital context

The context of statements that appear in a location other than an analog block.









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