CS/ECE 755: Discussion Session III

  • More on Full-Custom Layout Editing,

  • More on Hierarchical Layout,

  • More on Parasitics Extraction.
  • by

    Constantinos Dovrolis

    dovrolis@cs.wisc.edu

    Monday, March 1 1999.


    Agenda for today:

  • Feedback for Phase I of Assignment

  • More on Full-Custom Layout Editing

  • More on Hierarchical Layout

  • More on Parasitics Extraction

  • Some XOR Designs for the Phase II of Assignment

  • Discuss Phase II

  • More on Full-Custom Layout Editing

    Internal Aspect of a Cell:

    External Aspect of a Cell:

    The Notch command:

    The Slice command:

    The Stretch command:

    The Resize command:

    Modifying a Path:

    Point-to-Point Route:

    Create an Array of Instances:


    Hierarchical Layout

    Changing the Active Context:

    Flattening a hierarchical Cell:

    Peek and Unpeek:


    Parasitics Extraction

    Parasitic Interconnect Capacitances:

    Parasitic Interconnect Resistances:

    Netlist Extracted From a Layout Cell:

    Click here for Netlist


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