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Welcome to the PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks Webinar Series, a collection of short webinars hosted by Synopsys technical experts offering technical tips and tricks for users of the Synopsys PrimeSim HSPICE® simulator. These webinars are here to help you get the most out of the innovative PrimeSim HSPICE features and technologies, and, hopefully, make your simulation tasks easier and more productive. Each webinar is about ten minutes long and is focused on a specific technical topic. An embedded demo case, wherever applicable, is freely available upon request so that you can learn through hands-on experience and reproduce the results shown in the webinar.

The S-Element: Accurate Transient Analysis with Complex Package Models
Learn how to set up and run accurate transient analysis on circuits that include S-parameter elements and how to ensure the quality of S-parameter data using SPUTIL, the S-parameter utility in HSPICE. 
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      PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #1

      S-Element - Accurate Transient Analysis with Complex Package Models

      Eye Diagrams: Fast and Accurate Jitter Prediction for High-speed Links
      Discover how to trade off accuracy and performance at different stages of the design using HSPICE’s statistical, bit-by-bit and transient eye diagram analysis modes. Learn how to mix transistor-level and IBIS-AMI models in the same testbench. 
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            PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #2

            Eye Diagrams - Fast and Accurate Jitter Prediction for High-speed Links

            IBIS-AMI: Transient and Statistical Analysis with IBIS-AMI I/O Models
            Learn about I/O buffer models in HSPICE and how to use them in signal integrity simulation.
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                  PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #3

                  IBIS-AMI - Transient and Statistical Analysis with IBIS-AMI I/O Models

                  RUNLVL: Controlling the Accuracy and Speed of Transient Analysis
                  Learn how to control the precision level at different time intervals of the simulation and how to reduce the precision of noncritical blocks in your circuit without reducing overall simulation accuracy. 
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                      PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #4

                      RUNLVL - Controlling the Accuracy and Speed of Transient Analysis

                      Monte Carlo: How to Analyze Design Variations using HSPICE
                      In this webisode, you will learn how to take advantage of the capabilities that are best suited for your applications.
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                            PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #5

                            Monte Carlo - How to Analyze Design Variations using HSPICE

                            Monte Carlo: Data Mining HSPICE Analysis Results
                            In this webisode, we address how to efficiently gather and correctly interpret the rich set of Monte Carlo results.
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                                PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #6

                                Monte Carlo - Data Mining HSPICE Analysis Results

                                MOSRA Level 3 -An Acurate and Efficient MOSFET Aging Model
                                Learn about the formulation of HSPICE’s built-in MOSRA Level 3 model that accurately captures two major aging effects in MOSFETs: the hot carrier injection (HCI) effect and the bias temperature instability (BTI) effect.
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                                      PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #7

                                      MOSRA Level 3 - An Accurate and Efficient MOSFET Aging Model

                                      MOS Reliability Analysis Aging Simulation and Analysis of CMOS Circuits
                                      You will also learn techniques to obtain and interpret circuit degradation results for your next aging-aware design.
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                                            PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #8

                                            MOS Reliability Analysis - Aging Simulation and Analysis of CMOS Circuits

                                            Linear Amplifier Analysis—Predicting Gain and Noise Performance
                                            In this back-to-basics tutorial, learn everything about gain and equivalent input noise on the example of a linear amplifier.
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                                                  PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #9

                                                  Linear Amplifier Analysis - Predicting Gain and Noise Performance

                                                  Oscillator Power Supply Noise Analysis—Fast and Accurate Simulation Using Harmonic Balance Methods
                                                  In this back-to-basics tutorial, learn the principle of Harmonic Balance and periodic AC analysis simulation techniques, and see how you can use them in HSPICE to efficiently and accurately characterize the effect of power supply noise
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                                                        PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #10

                                                        Oscillator Power Supply Noise Analysis - Fast and Accurate Simulation Using Harmonic Balance Methods

                                                        Spurious Phase Noise Analysis—Predicting Reference Spurs in VCO Phase Noise
                                                        Watch this webisode to learn how you can easily predict and visualize reference spurs, along with effects from random noise sources, all in a single-phase noise simulation run.
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                                                              PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #11

                                                              Spurious Phase Noise Analysis - Predicting Reference Spurs in VCO Phase Noise

                                                              Drift-Free Transient Simulation for Signal and Power Integrity Analysis—Using deCap-aware Rational Functions
                                                              Learn how an enhancement in HSPICE on scattering parameter handling ensures DC drift-free transient simulation in practical designs. An 8GBps differential PRBS simulation is used as an example for illustration, and the complete demo case is availabl
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                                                                    PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #12

                                                                    Drift-free Transient Simulation for Signal and Power Integrity Analysis - Using decap-aware Rational Functions

                                                                    How to Create a MOS Reliability Model Card—An Excel-based Utility for MOS Reliability Analysis Level 3 Model
                                                                    Watch this webisode and learn how you can transform them in just a few clicks into a SPICE model and simulate their long-term effect on your circuit.
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                                                                          PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #13

                                                                          How to Create a MOS Reliability Model Card - An Excel-based Utility for MOS Reliability Analysis Level 3 Model

                                                                          Probe Analog Characteristics of Complex Transistors—Using Subcircuit-based OPs & Output Templates
                                                                          Watch this webisode and learn how you can do just that with your design without any extra testbenches.
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                                                                                PrimeSim HSPICE Tips & Tricks #14

                                                                                Probe Analog Characteristics of Complex Transistors - Using Subcircuit OPs & Output Templates