Add new instance or add new properties to the existing instance in cadence

[danieeee]

I am transferring my circuit from Pspice to cadence (spectre) to do the simulation. The captioned title is the problem I am facing. In Pspice, the output of the voltage controlled current source (VCCS) and voltage controlled voltage source ( VCVS) could be a function with the current of a branch in this circuit.
While in cadence (spectre), the value of the VCCS and VCVS could only be set to a simple value or a variable. I couldn't do the same thing as exactly as in Pspice.
Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks very much

 

[mvaseem]

why don't you use the keyword - "simulator lang=spice" and use the same pspice circuit to simulate in spectre.

 

[FvM]

Components for behavioral simulations are later extensions to original Berkeley SPICE language. They use different syntax in different SPICE derivatives. Read the Spectre reference about bsource component.

 

[danieeee]

Actually I need to merge the circuit in pspice and spectre, performing some sort of integration simulation. Could that be realized by using the method you suggested? Thanks very much for replying.

 

[mvaseem]

I sometimes perform simulations having designs partial in pspice/spice syntax and partial in spectre syntax. I use the same method with spice circuit/commands go below lang=spice and spectre commands go below lang=spectre.
It works pretty well for me. If spectre has some difficulty in resolving something, it would let you know.

Few discussions on same topic in below forums -

https://www.designers-guide.org/Forum/YaBB.pl?num=1191334088
https://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/38/t/14736

 

[FvM]

Do you say, Spectre can understand PSpice behavioral source syntax?

 

[mvaseem]

Yes. I've simulated PSpice behavioral E,F,G,H devices in Spectre.