Advanced Cadence Software Tutorial Part 2

DRC Verification and Generation of Netlist In this tutorial, we will verify our inverter layout by Design Rule Checking (DRC) and Spectre netlist extraction.  You can learn about the layout rules here.Checking the rules is a relatively simple process, but it can take some time.  First, make sure that your layout is open in Virtuoso.  Click…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Simple Cadence Software Tutorial Part 6

Simulating the Inverter This final part of the tutorial deals with simulating the inverter that has been made in the previous sections.  To test out inverter, we will make a new schematic of a network with the inverter in it.  To create a new schematic, we need a new cell view.  We can create a…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Simple Cadence Software Tutorial Part 5

Making the Inverter Symbol This part of the tutorial deals with the layout of the symbolic representation of our inverter.  As in part three, we will create a new cell view for the symbol. You can make the new cell view though any of the methods we have previously discussed. We will also name this…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Simple Cadence Software Tutorial Part 4

  Making the Inverter Schematic In this fourth part of the tutorial, we will discuss how to layout the schematic design of our Inverter. As stated in the last part, after creating the new cell, a window opens in which we will create our schematic. This window is seen in figure 5. This window is the…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Simple Cadence Software Tutorial Part 3

Creating a New Cell View In this third part of the tutorial, we will discuss creating a new Cell View.  This is done in the Library Manager, but it can be done in two ways.  First, select the Library in which you will be adding this new Cell.  Second, either select Library Manager: File->New->Cell View or…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Simple Cadence Software Tutorial Part 2

Creating a New Library Let’s begin Part 2 of this tutorial by creating a new library. You can do this in two ways, first you can create a new library from the Library Manager, or the CIW.  In either case select File->New->Library. This will bring up a new window, seen in figure 3. Enter the name of…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Advanced Cadence Software Tutorial

Outline of the Tutorial 1.  Layout of an Inverter in Virtuoso 2.  DRC Verification and Generation of Netlist 3.  Generating a Layout from a Schematic 4.  Layout vs. Schematic 5.  Import/Export GDS or CIF Files Layout of an Inverter in Virtuoso To begin this tutorial, we need to start the Cadence software packages with the icfb& command.  We will also need…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Simple Cadence Software Tutorial

Outline of the Tutorial Command Interface Window (CIW) & Library Manager Creating a New Library Creating a New Cell View Making the Inverter Schematic Making the Inverter Symbol Simulating the Inverter Command Interface Window (CIW) & Library Manager Once the Cadence software has been started with icfb &, two windows will appear on the screen. The…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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Return Users

Return Users Logging Into a Machine and Running Cadence Login To use the Cadence software, you will need to login to your account on one of the Sun machines in the computer lab. Get the Host Computer Name Once OpenWindows has started type hostname at the command prompt of the terminal window. This will print the…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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First Time Cadence Users

Setting Up Your Machine Before you can start using the Cadence software packages, you must have an account on a Linux machine. The tools are available over NFS. The location of the latest version of the tools isbeachboy3:/ufs/cadence/vsummer.04/linux/. These must be mounted on your local /opt/cadence directory. Please see an administrator if you do not…

Posted by Barry Templeton on August 21, 2012 in , Cadence

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