Cadence University Program Member
CADENCE Tutorials
at the
Department of ECE
University of Massachusetts Amherst

You must have added the cadence information to your .login and .cshrc files. See Setup.

For official help tools type

example> cdsdoc

Back to U-MASS Design-Flow

The following links give some quick guidance to start using the design tools now.

Verilog
Schematic Editor
Spectre Simulator
LayoutEditor

In addition here are some good links from other schools that have detailed examples

http://www.ee.washington.edu/class/cadta/cadence/index.html
http://vlsi.wpi.edu/cds/

These links are important in supporting a cadence design flow.

• NCSU CDK: This Cadence^TM add-on allows for designing in advanced technologies.

• Berkeley predictive models for transistors and Interconnect : This site provides free spice models and parameters for advanced technologies.

• WebHenry: On line wire inductance estimator.

• Mosis: Educational fabrication

• Mosis Design Rules: official design rule site for educational fabrication.

• Mosis Users Group:

• TSMC: A foundry which performs Mosis fabrication.

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Page created and Maintained by
Jinwook Jang,
Research Assistant
Interconnect Circuit Design Group
Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Phone - 413 545 0188
Last updated: 08/15/2007