Knowledge Booster Training Bytes - Virtuoso Pin-To-Trunk Routing

Are you still using the manual method for Pin-to-Trunk Routing in your design?

The following GIF demonstrates how the Pin-to-Trunk feature works and enhances your layout productivity.

In this blog, let's understand the basics of the Virtuoso Pin-to-Trunk Routing feature and see how it improves routing in your design. 

What is Pin-to-Trunk Routing?

The Pin-to-Trunk routing style is used to connect an individual pin to the trunk. You can explore Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) and Pin-to-Trunk style routing, execute the route with default look-up option, trunk trimming, Via setting, Block level routing, Finish Trunk Option, Layer stitching and DRD compactor option.

All the Pin-to-Trunk related videos are linked together in a channel so that you can easily access and learn what you want to.

The Pin-to-Trunk videos in the channel explain how to:

• Compose the trunk when changing settings from Minimum spanning tree to Pin-to-Trunk routing
• Use dimming options which is helpful in interactive routing
• Execute the default look-up option for automatic route using the width of pins
• Execute trunk trimming without trimming the vias
• Use Via configuration when connecting to minimum width trunks by using the option “via enclosure and cut direction”
• Increase your layout productivity using improved routing functionality aimed at block-level interconnect
• Use MInimum Spanning Tree style Routing with the default setting using Virtuoso Pin to trunk routing
• Route between blocks by setting various options in the automatic router options form
• Use the Finish Trunk command to automate interactive Pin-to-Trunk routing
• Quickly route a bus interactively using the layer stitching bind key along with the Finish Trunk bind key
• Compact wires to the target with the minimum spacing rule using the DRD compactor with a new bind key

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Sandhya P S

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