GoldenGate Tools 2019 Update 1 Release Notes

goldengate tools is designed for use with goldengate or subsequent goldengate releases until a future goldengate tools version becomes available it enables certain tools and capabilities that are part of the ads platform for use within virtuoso it allows users to launch rfpro and use momentum to extract a model for a cadence virtuoso layout generate a schematic to run an em/circuit co simulation with a circuit simulation tool such as goldengate launch ads data display from within cadence virtuoso when the goldengate simulator is selected run system testbench simulations within goldengate by providing a ptolemy runtime environment export layout from momentum virtuoso for 3d simulation in empro the 3d information is created from the layer definitions and the substrate users can enable these capabilities by pointing to an ads installation there is no longer a separate goldengate tools installer the following environment variable must point to a valid license file goldengate license file the ads license file is no longer used in the goldengate tools flow what's new rfpro new type allows to em simulate selected nets of a large design the dielectric size options context menu on a design provides control over the size of infinite dielectric layers for fem simulations the far zone sensor settings under the analysis options → frequency plans → fields storage allows enabling or disabling far field computations the angular resolution of the 3d far zone sensor can be specified as well substrate editor supports 5nm ircx import issues addressed rfpro material editors in rfpro have been made read only material properties must be modified at their source small shape display culling has been improved virtual pin editing has been improved advanced simulator options per net are properly passed to the momentum simulator the far field plot updates properly when the excitation is updated the cell role recognition rule can be customized known issues rfpro project load fails when a layout shape has a multi bit net name (e g 'd<7 0 >' or 'a,c,net1') with the error 'occdesign getnet key not found' with mcafee endpoint security enabled, the momentum surface current visualization hangs workaround disable the "enable adaptive threat protection" flag in mcafee ens directx 9 as graphics driver is no longer supported directx 11 driver is used by default run "diagdx" to verify the directx version that your system supports momentum in rare cases, when cumulating edge mesh and thick metals, the new conductor loss model introduced in ads 2019 can lead to an overestimation of the resistance of the conductor when increasing frequency the issue is scheduled to be addressed in ads 2020