Cad Wiki for Analog IC Courses

off-campus

vsaxena (vsaxena@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-09-01T20:08:27+0000

Access to Cadence Tools In order to use Cadence from outside the UD Campus, you will need to use VPN to access the ECE VMs (i.e. cpeg424.ece.udel.edu). If you are in the campus network, then skip the VPN setup. VPN Setup Follow these steps to setup your off-Campus Cadence access:

cad_tutorials - [Lab 5: Layout Basics]

vsaxena (vsaxena@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-30T22:49:24+0000

Cadence Video Tutorials [Cadence Bindkeys Cheat Sheet] NCSU PDK Design Rules (html site), (PDF doc) [ NCSU 180nm CMOS Process Data] ---------- Lab 1: Schematic Design and Simulation * Schematic Design: Resistor Divider. Spectre DC operating point analysis, annotating node voltages (10:33) * Schematic Design and Simulation: RC Circuit. Spectre AC and transient analysis (22:57) * Hierarchical Schematic Design: Ideal Opamp Modeling. Hierarchical design and simulation. (23:13)

start - [Cadence Setup for UD IC Design Courses]

vsaxena (vsaxena@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-23T07:56:34+0000

This wiki provides information for students taking IC design courses at the University of Delaware and using ECE Virtual Machines (VMs) for their class work. The courses are listed here and the course material is available on Canvas. Remote Access Setup

cad_tutorials_sky130

vsaxena (vsaxena@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-17T06:01:25+0000

Cadence Video Tutorials (Sky130 Technology) [Cadence Bindkeys Cheat Sheet] SkyWater SKY130 Process Design Rules (html site). [ Parasitic Layout Extraction] [ Device Parameters] ---------- Lab 1: Schematic Design and Simulation * Schematic Design: Resistor Divider. Spectre DC operating point analysis, annotating node voltages (10:33) * Schematic Design and Simulation: RC Circuit. Spectre AC and transient analysis (22:57) *

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vsaxena (vsaxena@undisclosed.example.com) — 2026-08-17T01:09:32+0000

Cadence Setup for CPEG 424/624: Analog IC Design with Sky130 Login to the ECE Linux VM cpeg424.ece.udel.edu using the VNC Client. Setting up the Sky130 PDK 1) Open the .bashrc file in your home directory. If it doesn't exist already, then create one using a text editor such as gedit

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