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Introduction to Command-Line IP Selector (CLIPS)
In an advanced mixed-signal design flow, a mixed-signal block is commonly used as a part of the System on Chip (SoC) simulation with the Digital on Top (DoT) methodology. Spectre AMS Designer, which is a powerful tool used to simulate mixed-signal designs, uses a config or schematic view from the Virtuoso database to manage a complex binding configuration in a mixed-signal block. However, when this mixed-signal block or mixed-signal IP is reused in the DoT flow, manual export and reconfiguration of these blocks become challenging for a designer. Command-Line IP Selector (CLIPS) is a utility that simplifies the Virtuoso mixed-signal IP reuse.
CLIPS provides a bridge between Virtuoso, which is a UI-based, analog, and mixed-signal design environment, and other command-line, digital, and mixed-signal simulation tools and flows that use text-based tests. The design verification team can use CLIPS to verify the digital representation of an IP with their corresponding analog representation. CLIPS has several benefits for mixed-signal designers:
- Leverages an existing testbench setup
- Provides a powerful digital verification mechanism
- Eliminates the need to import large and complex digital designs in Virtuoso
- Provides an integrated design management system
Licensing Requirements
You require the 70000, the AMS_environment license, to run CLIPS.
Note: If you are using an ADE state for netlisting, you would also require a license of the ADE product in which that state was saved.
For more details, refer to the Virtuoso Software Licensing and Configuration User Guide
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