GoldenGate Tools 2021 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 goldengate license file environment variable must point to a valid license file the ads license file is no longer used in the goldengate tools flow what's new this release has enhancements made in the following areas \#goldengatetools2021releasenotes rfpro #goldengatetools2021releasenotes momentum #goldengatetools2021releasenotes fem #goldengatetools2021releasenotes subedit rfpro rfpro analyze the impact of etch bias (over/under etch) and registration bias (layer misalignment) without the need for parameterizing the layout for more information, see process variation section in https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/pages/createpage action?spacekey=ggtools2021\&title=full%20em%20extraction%20analysis simulation service supporting cross platform simulations a windows/linux client can submit a simulation to a linux cluster in case you have an interest in trying out this new functionality, contact technical support and guidance will be provided to configure this simulation service pilot introduction of native placement of 3d components (solver balls and bond wires) inside rfpro enable the show beta functionality from the tools > options > general tab to gain access to this new capability momentum generation 2 for more information, see https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/pages/createpage action?spacekey=ggtools2021\&title=advanced%20simulator%20setup for momentum fast layout preprocessing fast simulation of designs with large via arrays and patterned ground planes enable mesh domain optimization to speed up the simulation of a user defined em extraction analysis fem generation 2 for more information, see https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/pages/createpage action?spacekey=ggtools2021\&title=advanced%20simulator%20setup for fem supports the simulation of a layout containing empro 3d components and 3d components natively placed in rfpro supports the simulation of a design with an encrypted substrate or containing an encrypted 3d component new create reference pin on layer option to serve as an implicit reference in the i/o or component model port definition new create delta gap port option to easily probe current in a design or tune a design new component includes area pins in net checkbox on components to influence how component areas pins are processed enhanced component model port editor facilitates the component port setup new show s parameters/tdr results context menu in the setup pane upon a selection of multiple analyses, that allows to easily compare results layout scale factor to allow improvements in future releases the layout scale factor must be defined with the technology ( ltd file) to help with the migration, eesofsubed has two new options query whether the ltd file has layout scaling defined, eesofsubed q options \<pathtoltdfile> if no layoutscalefactor is reported, it is not set add layout scaling to the ltd file, eesofsubed e options \[ out=\<outpath>] layoutscalefactor=\<value> \<pathtoltdfile> if out=\<outpath> is not given, \<pathtoltdfile> will be modified if \<value> is not given, the layoutscalefactor option will be removed to verify if the layout is scaled, right click on the layout item of the design in the project palette and open the properties dialog if a layoutscalefactor is defined it will be reported to display the future dialog where the layoutscalefactor entries are removed, if started from virtuoso, add the following to cdsinit envsetval("rfpro envopts" "layoutscalefactorbehavior" 'string "rui") momentum momentum the 2022 release will unify the em 3d viewers to benefit from the latest 3d viewing enhancements delivered in the rfpro platform the legacy momentum virtuoso 3d em viewer will not be accessible starting goldengate tools 2022 the material of the vertical cell of an edge pin on a thick conductor will be considered to be perfectly electrically conducting (pec) this ensures that the pin's surface current can redistribute to all four sides of the thick conductor without excess resistance fem fem the estimation of the calibration inductance no longer considers the portion of the impedance line path that passes along or through conductors subedit substrate editor enhanced ui for importing ict, ircx, and itf files for more information, see https //archbee team jgkt8dcn atlassian net/wiki/pages/createpage action?spacekey=ggtools2021\&title=converting%20substrate%20files%20to%20ltd%20format 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' there is no workaround with mcafee endpoint security enabled, the momentum surface current visualization hangs workaround disable the "enable adaptive threat protection" flag in mcafee ens documentation mozilla firefox and google chrome are recommended browsers for viewing the online help on windows, printing directly from installed help generates non readable output workaround use pdf version of the document for printing purpose from 2017 onwards, in the installed help when you open a page using the "open a link in new tab" option the help does not open a page in a different tab by default you need to set the preferences to open any link in a new tab to set the preferences from the 201x version of the installed help, click edit > preferences the preferences dialog box is displayed select the options tab under appearance, select the show tabs for each individual page option this is one time setting for a particular release of a product while using the installed help, you may encounter issues like help not showing any content, it throws an error, it displays unexpected hierarchy in the content tab, or it does not display any search results workaround close the help, delete the contents of the following directory and open the help again on windows c \users\\\<windows login id>\appdata\local\keysight\help on linux $home/ local/share/keysight/help the installed help search does not support \[] or {} or any other text using these combinations on linux, konqueror web browser does not display the online help properly it may not display help pages at all or may display them broken and with errors workaround use mozilla firefox to view the online help ads 2021 and goldengate version/license compatibility goldengate ads version eesof license version eesof codeword version 2017 or later 2021 2020 02 2020 02 platform support for goldengate tools supported platforms (64 bit ) native build platform (64 bit) platforms no longer supported redhat linux rhel6 redhat linux rhel7 suse linux sles11 suse linux sles12 | redhat linux rhel6 | 32 bit versions of linux redhat linux rhel5 | cadence ic support for goldengate tools supported cadence versions (64 bit) primary test cadence version (64 bit) cadence versions no longer supported ic 6 1 8 ic 6 1 7 ic 6 1 6 icadv 18 1 icadv 12 3 icadv 12 2 icadv 12 1 | ic 6 1 8 icadv 18 1 | ic 5 1 41 ic 6 1 0 ic 6 1 2 ic 6 1 3 ic 6 1 4 ic 6 1 5 |