Introduction to SPICE

An introduction to SPICE, and how you can easily get started. If you don't want the intro, then skip to the demo of the SPICE github repo. Notes: analogicus.com/aic2024/2024/09/11/SPICE.html Skywater: skywater-pdk.readthedocs.io/en/main/ The SPICE github repo: github.com/analogicus/jnw_spice_sky130A Installing the tools: analogicus.com/aicex/started/ 00:00 A bit of fumbling 00:47 History 02:00 Today 02:35 Usage 03:30 Corners 08:00 Indepedent sources 09:30 Resistors and Capacitors 09:50 Transistors 13:30 Transistor Models 14:10 Finding transistor sizes 20:05 gm/Id and example transistors 23:50 More information and analog design 25:30 Demo of the SPICE github repo 28:00 SPICE file 31:28 Github Action 33:15 Viewing simulation results 35:25 Fork it!