Synopsys: Workbench User Guide

Return to Front Page......Page 0
Sentaurus™ Workbench User Guide......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Audience......Page 14
Typographic Conventions......Page 15
Contacting Synopsys Support......Page 16
Contacting Your Local TCAD Support Team Directly......Page 17
Introduction......Page 18
Sentaurus Workbench Projects......Page 19
Sentaurus Workbench Options......Page 20
Viewing Trees......Page 21
Project Editor......Page 22
Toolbar Buttons......Page 24
Scheduler Tab......Page 25
gsub......Page 26
swbopt......Page 27
Opening Projects......Page 28
Copying Projects or Folders......Page 29
Automatically Saving Projects......Page 30
Deleting Projects or Folders......Page 31
Project Documentation......Page 32
Exporting and Importing Projects......Page 33
View Configuration......Page 36
Default View Configuration in Preferences......Page 37
Setting the Project View Mode......Page 38
Customizing the Current Project View......Page 39
Configuring Column Width and Row Height......Page 41
Family Tree View......Page 42
Parameter Values View......Page 45
Real and Virtual Family Nodes......Page 46
Configuring Node Colors......Page 47
Showing Process Name Row......Page 48
Configuring Font of Project View......Page 49
Zooming Project View......Page 50
Selecting Nodes With Mouse and Keyboard Operations......Page 51
Viewing Node Output Files......Page 52
Viewing Node Output Files in Sentaurus Visual......Page 54
Interactively Running Sentaurus Process Nodes......Page 56
Node Explorer......Page 57
Copying Table Parts to Other Tools......Page 59
Exporting Spreadsheet to Inspect......Page 60
Viewing Running Nodes in Projects......Page 61
Configuring User Queues......Page 62
Editing Queue Files......Page 63
Undoing Changes......Page 64
Adding Tools......Page 65
Deleting Tools......Page 69
Copying and Pasting Tools......Page 70
Changing Tool Properties......Page 71
Editing Tool Input Files......Page 72
Editing the Parameter File for Sentaurus Device......Page 73
Locking and Unlocking Tools......Page 77
Double-Clicking Tools......Page 78
Adding Parameters......Page 79
Adding Values to Parameters......Page 80
Deleting Parameters......Page 82
Copying and Pasting Parameters......Page 83
Changing Parameter Properties......Page 84
Double-Clicking Parameters......Page 85
Defining Global Variables......Page 86
Deleting Variables......Page 87
Formatting Variables......Page 88
Changing and Deleting Variable Values at a Node......Page 89
Double-Clicking Variables......Page 90
Viewing and Editing Node Properties......Page 91
Changing Parameter Values Directly in Node Cells......Page 92
Editing Parameter Values of Multiple Nodes......Page 94
Copying and Pasting Nodes......Page 95
Viewing Node Dependencies......Page 96
Adding Experiments......Page 97
Excluding Experiments......Page 98
Sorting Experiments......Page 99
Importing Experiments From a File......Page 100
Viewing Experiment Properties......Page 101
Removing Scenarios......Page 102
Including Experiments in Scenarios......Page 103
Excluding Experiments From Scenarios......Page 104
Copying and Moving Experiments Between Projects......Page 105
Quick-Running Nodes......Page 106
Folding and Unfolding Nodes......Page 107
Project Consistency Control......Page 108
Activating Project Consistency Control......Page 109
Re-Executing Marked Nodes......Page 110
Design-of-Experiments (DoE) Wizard......Page 112
Screening......Page 114
Response Surface Model......Page 115
Stochastic Design......Page 116
Sensitivity Analysis......Page 117
Standard Sensitivity Analysis Mode......Page 118
Taurus Workbench–Compatible Sensitivity Analysis Mode......Page 120
Final Step......Page 123
Taguchi Wizard......Page 124
Global and Runtime Preprocessing......Page 128
Preprocessor #-Commands......Page 129
@-References and Tree Navigation......Page 130
Expression @[...]@......Page 131
User-Defined Delimiters......Page 132
Node Filters......Page 133
Split Points......Page 134
Preprocessed Variables......Page 135
Extracted Variables......Page 136
Creating Tcl Command Blocks......Page 138
Tcl Preprocessing......Page 140
Tcl Blocks and Sentaurus Workbench Variables......Page 141
Input and Output Operations Inside Tcl Command Blocks......Page 142
Summary of Rules for Using Tcl Command Blocks......Page 143
When to Use Tcl Command Blocks......Page 144
Running Projects From the Project Editor......Page 146
The gsub Command......Page 147
The gjob Command......Page 148
Locked Runtime Editing Mode for Projects......Page 149
Editable Runtime Editing Mode for Projects......Page 150
Concurrency Mode for Experiments......Page 151
Auto-Allocation of CPUs for Parallel Jobs on Clusters......Page 153
Defining the User Quota......Page 156
Defining Project Run Limits......Page 158
Delaying the Execution of Projects and Nodes......Page 160
Protecting Executed Nodes......Page 161
Preprocessing......Page 162
Aborting Nodes......Page 163
Updating Node Statuses and Extracted Variables......Page 164
Customizing Project Execution......Page 165
Project Summary......Page 166
Cleaning Up Projects......Page 168
Cleaning Up the Output of Nodes......Page 169
Detecting Files to Remove......Page 170
Backing Up Node Files Automatically......Page 171
Preference Levels......Page 174
Configuring User Preferences......Page 175
Configuring Global and Site Preferences......Page 176
Restoring Default Preferences......Page 177
Available Preferences......Page 178
Tool Databases......Page 186
Configuring Tool Databases......Page 187
Project Tool Database......Page 189
Run Limits Settings......Page 190
Format of XML-Compatible Run Limits Settings File......Page 192
Example 2......Page 194
Symbolic Links to Node Output Files......Page 198
First Step of RSM Visualization......Page 199
Including Parameters in RSM Modeling......Page 200
Second Step of RSM Visualization......Page 201
Visualization Options......Page 202
Taurus Workbench to Sentaurus Workbench Converter......Page 203
Adapting TWB Parameter Names to SWB Parameter Names......Page 205
Scheduling Systems......Page 208
LSF Scheduler......Page 210
Nodes Are Not Executed and Log File Contains Complaints About bjobs Output......Page 213
SGE Scheduler......Page 214
TM Scheduler......Page 217
Reducing Frequency of Job Polling......Page 219
RTDA Scheduler......Page 220
Global Queue Configuration File......Page 222
LSF Queues......Page 224
SGE Queues......Page 225
RTDA Queues......Page 226
Site Queue Configuration......Page 227
Global Tool Associations......Page 228
Node-Specific Constraints......Page 229
Extended Scheduler Log......Page 230
Launching Sentaurus Workbench as an Interactive Job on the Cluster......Page 231
@-References and Tree Navigation......Page 234
Horizontal Flow Orientation......Page 235
Vertical Flow Orientation......Page 237
#-Commands......Page 239
Split Commands......Page 241
Node Expressions......Page 242
Project Menu......Page 244
Edit Menu......Page 246
Scheduler Menu......Page 247
View Menu......Page 248
Scenario Menu......Page 249
Tool Menu......Page 250
Parameter Menu......Page 251
Experiments Menu......Page 252
Nodes Menu......Page 253
Variables Menu......Page 254
Calibration Menu......Page 255
Extensions Menu......Page 256
Keyboard Navigation Keys......Page 257
Project Files......Page 258
Global Configuration Files......Page 259
Typical Input and Output Files......Page 260
Introduction......Page 262
Host Database......Page 263
Host Allocation Policy......Page 265
Troubleshooting DMW......Page 266
Requirements for Using DMW in a Network......Page 267
Global Queue and Global Host Database Files......Page 268
User: Setting Up User Queues and Project Queues......Page 269
User: Excluding a Specific Host and Running on a Specific Set of Hosts......Page 270
Checking the DMWUmpire......Page 271
Standard Tests to Troubleshoot a Particular Machine in DMW Network......Page 272
Using ssh and DMW Scheduler Together......Page 273
Double-Clicking Does Not Work......Page 274
Troubleshooting the Sentaurus Workbench Network......Page 276
Limitations and Assumptions......Page 277
Usage......Page 278
Report and Log File......Page 279