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1.3 What’s New
Since the first release in 1998, Analog Insydes has been successfully applied to real-world problems
by our customers. The key algorithms implemented in Analog Insydes – particularly the symbolic
approximation methods – proved to be very effective, but it turned out that improvements regarding
tool functionality, user-friendliness, interfaces, processing speed, and the device model library would
be desirable. After three years of development Analog Insydes version 2 had been released in
2001. Since then the integration of additional platform and circuit design environments were added
successfully to our software, here is the result: Analog Insydes version 2.1. This chapter guides you
through the most noticable enhancements of the new version and the last major release.
1.3.1 New in Version 2.1
New Interfaces for Spectre
Simulation data import
Analog Insydes 2.1 provides a new interface to the Spectre circuit design environment. The Analog
Insydes command ReadSimulationData has been extended for reading Spectre PSF files.
Netlist import via Analog Artist
A platform-independent netlist converter with small-signal data and model-card import functionality
is now available for files generated by the Spectre to Analog Insydes interface for Analog Artist.
Extended Device Model Library
The Analog Insydes device model library was extented to treat Spectre compatible models for R, L,
C, D, BJT, MOS, and JFET.
Full Integration of High-Performance MathLink Binaries on Mac OS X
Analog Insydes 2.1 is now fully compatible with Mac OS X, including native high-performance
MathLink binaries for the QZ algorithm and matrix approximation.
Compatibility to Version 2
Despite the improvements of Analog Insydes version 2.1, it is 100% compatible with Analog Insydes 2.