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How to netlist a VHDL-AMS generic of type "time" correctly in ADE?

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Hi,

while trying to transfer a working mixed-signal system model from Mentor Graphics SystemVision to Cadence Virtuoso/AMSDesigner I came across the following problem.

Some of the VHDL-AMS components in my system model include generic parameters of type "time", for example:

entity comparator_d is
  generic (
    delay : time := 1.0 us; 
    hysteresis : voltage := 0.0
  );
    
  port (
    terminal in_pos : electrical;
    terminal in_neg : electrical;
    signal output : out std_logic := '1' 
  );
end comparator_d;

I let Virtuoso (v6.1.8) create a schematic symbol from this code, then I instantiated the symbol on a new schematic with all generics left at their default values. When I netlist the design in ADE with the simulator set to "ams", the following netlist entry is created:

comparator_d #(.delay("1.0 us")) I10 (.\output ( net1 ), .in_pos( net2 ), .in_neg( net3 ));

The time value 1.0 us is passed as a string, which is not recognized as a valid time specification by the simulator.

Warning from spectre in
        `classd_models__shell_model__schematic__0x10000001':`shell_model',
        during hierarchy flattening.
    WARNING (SFE-30):
        "/home/hennig/sim/classd/shell_model/ams/config/netlist/netlist.vams"
        28: shell_model.I10: `DELAY' is not a valid parameter for an instance
        of `CLASSD_MODELS__comparator_d__behavioral__0x10000001'.  Ignored.

If I change the CDF parameters of the delay property so that the value is parsed as a number, I can change the netlist entry into something like this, ....

comparator_d #(.delay(1.0e-6)) I10 (.\output ( net1 ), .in_pos( net2 ), .in_neg( net3 ));

..., but then the simulator complains about a type mismatch.

Do you have any suggestions how to pass generics of type "time" correctly through a Verilog netlist to a VHDL-AMS component?

Thanks,

Eckhard


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