Provided by:
alliance_5.0-20110203-4_i386 
NAME
spi - Alliance parser and driver for Spice netlist.
FILES
The description of a netlist foo must be contained in a .SUBCKT of a
file named foo.spi. This description can include others .SUBCKT that
must be in the same file or files included with the command .INCLUDE in
the source file.
Recognized elements are :
Resistances
Capacitances
Instances
MOS transistors.
Others elements are not considered.
Nodes can be either numbered or nameed. It's possible to assign a name
to a node which is designated by a number with the directive
* NET number = name
in the .SUBCKT. The word NET can be replaced by positioning the
environment variable MBK_SPI_NETNAME. Names are used to named the
signals and the connectors in the LOFIG.
On the .SUBCKT interface, nodes of the same name followed by a period
and a number are considered to be on the net, even if no connected in
the circuit. For example :
.SUBCKT nand2 in out out.1 out.2 vss vdd out.3
The nodes out, out.1, out.2 and out.3 are considered to be the same
signal of the Alliance LOFIG. This feature can be turned off if the
environment variable MBK_SPI_MERGE is set, and the period can be
replaced by another character with the environment variable
MBK_SPI_SEPAR.
No particular information is needed to build a LOFIG from a .SUBCKT,
the parser rebuild all signals, even they contains many resistances and
capacitances. If names are not provided, the parser will create then in
order to provide a valid lofig.
DRIVER
The driver creates a Spice netlist of the LOFIG passed as a parameter.
The file contain a single .SUBCKT representing the figure and commands
.INCLUDE with name of instances contained in the LOFIG. Nodes are
number named with the directive * NET, or strings, depending on
MBK_SPI_NAMEDNODES. A comment at the beginning of the file represents
the interface of the LOFIG. This comment is not used by the parser.
Environment variable considered are
MBK_SPI_MODEL
MBK_SPI_NETNAME
MBK_SPI_NAMEDNODES
PARSER
The parser load all .SUBCKT in memory, even those in files included
with the command .INCLUDE until the required LOFIG is loaded. For each
.SUBCKT loaded, the parser build the equipotentials with both nodes of
resistances on the same net and both nodes of capacitances on
differents net unless more information is given. The RCN library is
used to handle resistances and capacitances.
As the LOWIRE can contain a resistance and a capacitance, the parser
groups a resistance and two capacitances in a single LOWIRE if the
following conditions are met :
The resistance is named 'name' and the two capacitances are
named 'name1' and 'name2'
The two capacitances must have the same value
The two capacitances must be between the net of the resistance
and VSS.
The driver supports this feature.
Environment variable considered are
MBK_SPI_MODEL
MBK_SPI_NETNAME
MBK_SPI_SEPAR
MBK_SPI_MERGE
MBK_SPI_FILE
MBK_SPI_VERBOSE
MBK_SPI_ONE_NODE_NORC
MBK_SPI_NO_AFF_UNK
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
MBK_SPI_MODEL
File name where transistors models are described. Syntax for file is :
MODELNAME N|P [FAST] [HVIO]
Blank lines are allowed, and line comment begin with a '#'.
MBK_SPI_NETNAME
Comment used to name the nodes. Default is NET.
MBK_SPI_SEPAR
Character used to separate a name from a node number on the interface
of the .SUBCKT. The parser considers nodes of the same name to be on
the same equipotential. Default is '.'.
MBK_SPI_NOMERGE
If this variable is set, the parser does not merge interface nodes of
the same name, but different number, on the same equipotential.
MBK_SPI_FILE
If this variable is set, the name of the files opened are displayed on
the error output.
MBK_SPI_VERBOSE
If this variable is set, display debug various information on the error
output.
MBK_SPI_ONE_NODE_NORC
If this variable is set, an RCN view is not created for a net
containing only one node.
MBK_SPI_NO_AFF_UNK
Default behaviour of Spice parser is to display an error message when
an unknown element is read in the input file. Setting this variable
prevent this display. Usefull when file contain command for Spice
simulator.
MBK_SPI_NAMEDNODES
When this environment variable is set, spice netlist's nodes are named
using one of the following convention, if signal name is set or no, or
if signal has an RCN view :
"SIGNAL NAME" $MBK_SEPAR "RCN NODE"
"SIGNAL NAME"
SIG "SIGNAL INDEX" $MBK_SEPAR "RCN NODE"
SIG "SIGNAL INDEX"
$MBK_SEPAR is a single character defined by a environment variable with
the same name.
EXAMPLE
This is an example of a file generated by the Spice driver.
* Spice description of gxor
* Spice driver version 700
* Date ( dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss ): 29/03/1999 at 17:43:53
* INTERF a b s vdd vdd vdd vdd vss vss vss vss
.INCLUDE mx2_y.spi
.INCLUDE ndrvp_y.spi
.subckt gxor 24 42 49 52 53 61 54 63 64 71 72
* NET 1 = implicit
* NET 4 = auxsc1
* NET 13 = auxsc3
* NET 26 = a
* NET 40 = b
* NET 49 = s
* NET 52 = vdd
* NET 65 = vss
xauxsc1 64 65 53 55 33 35 2 8 ndrvp_y
xs 66 70 56 60 48 50 11 21 5 9 34 36 38 45 mx2_y
xauxsc3 70 71 60 61 41 46 18 22 ndrvp_y
R2_1 4 7 6
C2_11 4 63 6.9e-15
C2_12 7 63 6.9e-15
R2_2 3 2 0.15
C2_21 3 63 7.2e-16
[----- CUT -----]
C4_51 69 63 6.525e-15
C4_52 72 63 6.525e-15
R4_6 68 69 0.001
R4_7 68 67 0.001
.ends gxor
SEE ALSO
Alliance(1) MBK(1) Al(1) RCN(1) MBK_SEPAR(1)
AUTHOR
Gregoire AVOT. Gregoire.AVOT@lip6.fr