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Spectre Circuit Simulator Reference
Product Version 23.1, September 2023

Static Topology Check (static_topology)

Description

Performs various topology checks and reports violations.

The results are reported into a file with the extension static.xml, which can be read with a web browser.

Syntax

Name static_topology parameter=value ...

Parameters

Design check parameters

node

[...]

Nodes to which the check is applied. Default is none.

node_file

node_file points to a file in which report levels and node names are specified for checking

pin2gnd

off

Do top level subckt instance pin path check to ground node.Possible values are off and on.

fanout

all

Fanout setting to filter node with specified connection..Possible values are all and toppin.

Filtering parameters

error_limit

10000

Maximum number of errors reported. Default is 10000.

Wildcard scoping

inst

[...]

Subcircuit instances to which the check is applied. Default includes all instances (inst=*).

xinst

[...]

Subcircuit instances to be excluded from the check. Default is none.

subckt

[...]

The instances of the specified subcircuit to which the check is applied. Default includes all subcircuits (subckt=*).

xsubckt

[...]

The instances of the specified subcircuits that are excluded from the check. Default is none.


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