After simulation, small signal parameters of the instance such as “vth” and “vgs” are annotated in S-Edit. The method to change the annotation, by adding or removing annotation entries on the symbols, will be discussed.

The Siemens EDA installer is packaged with features that allow installation of the tools via the GUI, or in batch mode via the commandline. This article shows how both modes can be used.

How-to video showing how to perform move-align action in L-Edit. This action allows designers to align objects with respect to other objects’ features in either the verticle or the horizonal axis.

This artice discusses how to filter elements from the layout or the source netlists such that they get ignored during LVS. This is commonly used to exclude dummy layout devices, filler cells or decoupling cells that would otherwise cause missing instance LVS errors.

This article describes how to plot small-signal parameters of a component in your design. We will show how to configure the plotting settings both from the GUI as well as by netlisting to achieve this purpose.

This article describes how SALT server can be configured as a SYSTEMD service manully on Linux. The SALT installer should do this automatically, but for situations where this is needed to be done manually, the steps are described here.

The SALT installer will perform the configuration automatically by default. However, in situations where manual installation of floating licenses is needed, this article describes the step by step approach to configure licensing.

License files are available from the Siemens Support Center. This article explains how to access them.

The pin placement of your design’s floorplan generated from P&R can be customised in two methods: By drawing the floorplan and drawing the pins in L-Edit; and by customising your P&R scripts to source pin locations and insert them during P&R. This article describes these two methods in detail.

Users can easily use the “Find” window to set up search parameters using the GUI and then add additional search filters and modifications using Tcl commands, reducing the overall need for scripting.

This KB article shows how to license earlier versions of Tanner Tools using the most recent version of FlexNet licensing.

Siemens is consolidating the FlexNet licensing scheme from Mentor into the Siemens FlexNet Siemens Advanced Licensing Technology (SALT) licensing scheme. This guide will cover how to set up the new licensing scheme.

EDA Solutions may develop scripts and programs for internal use and customer use. These tools are shared on our GitHub and will be collated here.

This technote shows how to transfer a TDI project from the GUI setup arrangement to command line while customising the NRF.

Installing dongle license drivers can be done through the Siemens install tool. However, if the installation fails, drivers can be downloaded and installed manually.

Changing the rendering settings in L-Edit can be useful to increase the visibility of certain layers. This article describes how to change, save and restore these layer rendering settings.

Calibre provides XOR through the DRC verification option to compare two layout cells in Tanner tools. There are two layout comparison flows through the Calibre DRC integration, FastXOR and XOR. This technote will go over the Layout vs Layout techniques when running not using FASTXOR.

To use the siemens software with a license server, the FlexNet license server needs to be installed. There are two methods for installing the license server, either through the Siemens installer for the desired software or as a unique executable. This technote only relates to network-based (aka floating) license servers.

Overview of license types and how to configure the licenses for Siemens EDA software. Refer to this tech note to learn the best licensing scheme that meets your needs.

The Siemens support portal provides access to download licenses and software that is assigned to a site. This article will cover how to get access to your site when it is not possible due to missing WAC code and the account administrator cant grant access. 

The Siemens support portal provides access to download licenses and software that is assigned to a site. This article will cover the downloading of license files.

Methodology and solutions to configuring and accessing licenses when the license server is hosted on a WAN (Wide Area Network).

When working with multiple windows, a user may want to stack or create dockable views of cells to manage screen space efficiently and simultaneously access multiple views. This feature is available in S-Edit and L-Edit through the same methods.

S-Edit allows running netlisting procedures in Tcl that would enable greater control over how your device or subcircuit can be netlisted. This guide will explain how to create a Tcl netlister for your devices, supported by examples.

Learn how to generate a DLL containing your L-Edit T-Cells in this example-driven tech note.

As of April 2022 Galaxy is issuing certificate licenses.  This article is about how to use a certificate-mode node-locked license with Examinator.   

This article describes how to create a license option file to create user groups and how to reserve or block users from a particular license.  

These instructions are how to serve floating certificate licenses for Galaxy Software.  Galaxy uses Flexera certificate-based model for licensing.

Galaxy Semiconductor’s new license scheme now uses Flexera Certificate Mode Licensing. This note shows how to acquire your HostID for floating licenses.

RVE (result viewing environment) offers powerful features in design error analysis and debugging. This video shows how to use Calibre RVE for net highlighting in layouts. In this video, Calibre RVE net highlighting features are demonstrated in conjunction with L-Edit.

EZ-Wave Waveform Calculator can be used to complete many calculations and extract waveforms. This guide explains how to take an existing compound wave and split it into separate waveforms, as well as combine separate waveforms to create a compound waveform.

If you have an issue accessing the Help menu in Calibre, this technical note discusses how to fix the issue.

Simulations can be run in Tanner T-Spice and saved in Nutmeg format so that the results can be displayed in other applications such as EZ-Wave. This allows for simulations to be generated using a T-Spice license, and calculations and viewing can occur on an AMSV license.

Adding simpler waveform returning functions, such as the DATA(2) function. This note discusses how to use this function in your project.

In certain cases, not parsing the netlist view can prevent S-Edit from netlisting the subcircuits that make up the netlist, for example in case of a digital block in CDL format, S-Edit may not netlist the subcircuits (standard cells) which might cause issues downstream in LVS.