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<@U016EM8L91B> I have installed open_pdks (after s...
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@User I have installed open_pdks (after skywater-pdk and magic), all the process went with no errors, however simulating this small netlist:
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**.subckt test_res P M B
XR1 M net1 B sky130_fd_pr__res_iso_pw W=2.65 L=2.65 mult=1 m=1
Vr1 P net1 0
Vr2 P net2 0
R2 M net2 sky130_fd_pr__res_generic_nd W=1 L=1 mult=1 m=1
Vr3 P net3 0
R3 M net3 sky130_fd_pr__res_generic_pd W=1 L=1 mult=1 m=1
Vr4 P net4 0
R4 M net4 sky130_fd_pr__res_generic_po W=1 L=1 mult=1 m=1
Vr5 P net5 0
XR5 M net5 B sky130_fd_pr__res_high_po W=1 L=1 mult=1 m=1
Vr6 P net6 0
XR6 M net6 B sky130_fd_pr__res_high_po_0p35 L=1 mult=1 m=1
Vr7 P net7 0
XR7 M net7 B sky130_fd_pr__res_high_po_0p69 L=0.69 mult=1 m=1
Vr8 P net8 0
XR8 M net8 B sky130_fd_pr__res_high_po_1p41 L=1.41 mult=1 m=1
Vr9 P net9 0
XR9 M net9 B sky130_fd_pr__res_xhigh_po W=1 L=1 mult=1 m=1
Vr10 P net10 0
XR10 M net10 B sky130_fd_pr__res_xhigh_po_0p35 L=0.35 mult=1 m=1
Vr11 P net11 0
XR11 M net11 B sky130_fd_pr__res_xhigh_po_0p69 L=0.69 mult=1 m=1
Vr12 P net12 0
XR12 M net12 B sky130_fd_pr__res_xhigh_po_1p41 L=1.41 mult=1 m=1
Vr13 P net13 0
R13 M net13 sky130_fd_pr__res_generic_m1 W=1 L=1 m=1

vp P 0 1.8
vm M 0 0
vb B 0 0
.control
save all
dc temp -40 140 1
plot v(p,m) / vr4#branch
plot v(p,m) / vr5#branch
plot v(p,m) / vr6#branch
plot v(p,m) / vr9#branch
plot v(p,m) / vr10#branch
.endc

.lib ~/share/pdk/sky130A/libs.tech/ngspice/sky130.lib.spice tt
.param mc_mm_switch=0
.param mc_pr_switch=0

.end
leads to various error messages, as in attached log file. I have the .spiceinit file with the usual 
set ngbehavior=hsa
and 
set ng_nomodcheck
. Any suggestions?
test_res.out
Narrowing down the problem i am unable to simulate res_iso_pw. I am checking all resistors one by one, this one is problematic and i can't figure out why...
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**.subckt test_res P M B
XR1 M net1 B sky130_fd_pr__res_iso_pw W=2.65 L=2.65 m=1
Vr1 P net1 0
vp P 0 1.8
vm M 0 0
vb B 0 0
.control
save all
dc temp -40 140 1
.endc
.lib /mnt/sda7/home/schippes/share/pdk/sky130A/libs.tech/ngspice/sky130.lib.spice tt
.param mc_mm_switch=0
.param mc_pr_switch=0
.save I(Vr1)
.end
t
I'm looking into it as well, so I'll keep you posted.
s
@Tim Edwards Thank you. I got some reports by users about some resistors (correctly) not using anymore the body terminal, some others not having the mult parameter, so i was re-checking all resistor symbols.
t
For one, I did not notice that 
all.spice
is being included by the corner model include file, so the redundant include is causing all the "duplicate subcircuit" warnings. That's easy to fix. I'm still not sure what causes the error with the res_iso_pw model.
Okay, for unknown reasons, the duplicate includes are somehow screwing up the pwell resistor model. I'll get it all patched up right away.
@Stefan Schippers: Everything should be corrected now in open_pdks.
@Stefan Schippers: FYI, in your netlist, only "generic_po" and "generic_m1" resistors should be "R" type devices. "nd" and "pd" resistors are subcircuits, since they have to contain the diode representing the diffusion to substrate junction, and so the substrate also must be a 3rd pin on these devices (the same is true for the "iso_pwell" resistor). "R"-type devices don't take "M" or "mult" as parameters (a limitation of ngspice?).
s
Ok, very clear. Thanks
@Tim Edwards for R-type devices i will remove 'mult' and keep 'm' since a trivial operating point test shows it is handled correctly by ngspice.
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test
r1 1 0 1k m=100
v1 1 0 1
.op
.end
t
Okay, thanks for checking!
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