Circuit Check Syntax
All circuit checks follow the Spectre syntax and can be written either in Spectre syntax or SPICE syntax by adding .cck before the circuit check statement. If you are using the design checks in a SPICE format netlist, you must specify simulator lang=spectre before any circuit check statement.
For example, the following is the syntax for the dyn_highz check in Spectre format with line continuation:
simulator lang=spectre
chk1 dyn_highz node=[*] inst=[alpha beta \
gamma pll]
The following is the syntax in SPICE format:
simulator lang=spice
.cck chk1 dyn_highz node=[*] inst=[alpha beta gamma pll]
The example results for the circuit checks are shown in Spectre syntax. In Spectre FX, you just need to add
.cck at the beginning of the check statement to convert it to SPICE syntax. Related Topics
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