- •Overview
- •What makes up a PDK?
- •Installation of the PDK
- •PDK Install Directory Structure/Contents
- •Creation of a Design Project
- •Techfile Methodology
- •Schematic Design
- •Library Device Setup
- •Resistors
- •Capacitors
- •MOSFETS
- •Bipolar Transistors
- •Inductor
- •Supported Devices
- •MOSFETS
- •RESISTORS
- •CAPACITORS
- •INDUCTOR
- •BIPOLARS
- •DIODES
- •Views provided
- •MOSFETS
- •RESISTORS
- •CAPACITORS
- •INDUCTOR
- •BIPOLARS
- •DIODES
- •CDF parameters
- •MOSFETS
- •RESISTORS
- •CAPACITORS
- •INDUCTOR
- •BIPOLARS
- •DIODES
- •Component Label Defaults
- •MOSFETS
- •RESISTORS
- •CAPACITORS
- •INDUCTORS
- •BIPOLARS
- •DIODES
- •Spectre Models
- •Techfile Layers
- •Virtuoso XL
- •SYMBOLIC CONTACTS
- •Dracula Support
- •Diva Decks
- •DIVA DRC
- •DIVA EXTRACT
- •DIVA LVS
- •DIVA LPE/PRE
- •Assura Decks
- •Assura DRC
- •Assura LVS
- •Assura RCX
- •DEVICE SPECIFICATIONS
- •Data Source Table
- •Model and Layout Source
- •MOS FORMAL PARAMETERS
- •RESISTOR FORMAL PARAMETERS
- •CAPACITOR FORMAL PARAMETERS
- •INDUCTOR FORMAL PARAMETERS
- •BIPOLAR FORMAL PARAMETERS
- •DIODES FORMAL PARAMETERS
- •DEVICE DATASHEETS
- •nmos – Nmos Transistor
- •nmos (backend)
- •nmos3 (backend)
- •pmos – Pmos Transistor
- •pmos (backend)
- •pmos3 – Pmos Transistor
- •pmos3 (backend)
- •nplusres – Nplus Resistor
- •nplusres (backend)
- •polyres – Poly Resistor
- •polyres (backend)
- •mimcap – Metal to Metal Capacitor
- •mimcap (backend)
- •nmoscap – Nmos Transistor Configured as Cap
- •nmoscap (backend)
- •inductor – Metal 3 Inductor
- •inductor (backend)
- •vpnp – Vertical Bipolar PNP
- •vpnp (backend)
- •npn – Bipolar npn
- •npn (backend)
- •pnp – Bipolar pnp
- •pnp (backend)
- •ndio – N type Diode
- •ndio (backend)
- •pdio – N type Diode
- •pdio (backend)
- •DESIGN RULES
- •Layout Guidelines
- •Density Rules
- •Interconnect Capacitance Table
- •Coupling Capacitance Table
- •Sheet Resistance Table
12.3CAPACITORS
•Capacitance - capacitance value used in simulation
•total Capacitance - Capacitance multiplied times Multiplier (noneditable)
•l (M) - capacitor length in meters (non-editable for mimcap)
•w (M) - capacitor width in meters (non-editable for mimcap)
The following parameters are for the mimcap only
•Spec - cyclic used to choose capacitor entry method (Capacitance, Cap & w, l & w)
•CapA (F/M^2) - Plate Capacitance (non-editable, units are Farads per
Meter Squared)
• CapP (F/M^2) - Fringe Capacitance (non-editable, units are Farads per Meter Squared)
The following parameters are for the nmoscap only
•Spec - cyclic used to choose capacitor entry method (Capacitance, Cap & l, Cap& w, l & w)
•Width Per Finger - Width of each gate stripe (non-editable using totalWidth)
•Number of Fingers - Number of poly gate stripes used in layout (w/nf width)
•Multiplier - Number of Parallel MOS devices
CAPACITOR ADD INSTANCE FORM
12.4INDUCTOR
•Inductance (H) - Inductance in Henry’s based on calculation (non-
editable)
• Number of Turns - Fixed number of coil turns ( 1.5, 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, 6.5, 7.5, 8.5, 9.5)
•Inner Radius - Radius of inner coil (non-editable)
•Inductor Space - Space of top metal (non-editable)
•Inductor Width - Width of top metal (non-editable)
INDUCTOR ADD INSTANCE FORM
12.5BIPOLARS
•Model name - Spectre model name (non-editable)
•Area - Emitter Area (non-editable)
•Emitter width - the width of the emitter, in meters (For npn and pnp
only)
• Emitter Size - the length and width of the emitter, in meters (For vpnp only)
• Multiplier - Number of Parallel Bipolar devices
BIPOLAR ADD INSTANCE FORM
