From: asco d. <as...@gm...> - 2006-05-15 09:03:21
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Hello Stefan, I have quickly looked at the files you have just sent to me. On 5/15/06, Stefan Jahn <st...@gr...> wrote: ... > Attached the "auto-fied" version of the 0.4.1 asco code. I added > autogen.sh > configure.ac > lots of Makefile.am's Well, lots of new files. Why do I need to have Makefile.* in the doc/ and examples/ directories? Is it really necessary? > > These should go into CVS. When you have these files from CVS just type > > $ sh autogen.sh So far I do not have CVS. > > and everything should be created > > $ ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode > > You should use the above command line. You get a ready to distribute > package by: > > $ make distcheck I have tried $ sh autogen.sh $ ./configure --enable-maintainer-mode $ make distcheck and I get the following error. cp: cannot create regular file `../../asco-0.4.2/tools/alter/../auxfunc/auxfunc.c': No such file or directory I will investigate what is really happening. > > Also I've incorporated some patches to the source files so you can cross- > compile asco to mingw32. So you can use it on Win32 natively. It compil= es > but we'll see if it also really works... I will patch my files according to your changes so that future releases include your work. ... > Also attached some examples (schematics+netlists). We don't have a BSIM3 > but a simple MOSFET model. I tried to setup the inverter example using t= he > simple model. Just have a look. The other examples should be clear. If > not, just ask. One note about the "sp_fit" examples. I think it should > be possible to use asco to find the R,L,C values for the elements in the > bfg425w surrounding network to fit the measured data to the simulated. > What do you think? The example look well and once I have them documented, I will include them in ASCO. Concerning your question about RLC curve fitting using ASCO, I see it as very much possible. Once you define how who want to evaluate how close the simulations are close to the measurements, this is not a problem. I have helped others doing similar thing. Either fitting about 17 variables in a RLC circuit to a measured frequency response (magS21) or full matching (Yxx) 32 variables of a power high-frequency transistor. The procedure is to find at every or some selected frequency(ies) the error between simulation and measurements. Add them together to make one cost. Then, ASCO (or any other optimizer) just has to minimize the error. It looks more difficult than what really is! :-) > > Cheers, Stefan. Regards, Jo=E3o Ramos |