Virtuoso Video Diary: Knowledge Booster Training Bytes – Part 9 Introduction to Virtuoso Module Generator and Virtuoso Floorplanner

What Is Module Generator?

Virtuoso Module Generators, also known as Modgen, is designed to provide a way to generate multiple Pcell instances into a complex, highly matched, structured array. With Modgen, you can specify the devices to be arrayed, specify an interdigitation pattern, and insert dummy devices, body contacts, and guard rings. You can also control the routing style and generate internal routing geometry.

What Is Floorplanner?

Virtuoso Floorplanner lets you develop a layout from a schematic in a hierarchical manner. You can estimate the chip area and work with the hierarchy early in the design cycle, thus following a top-down, a bottom-up, or a mix of both approaches to the design. The Virtuoso Floorplanner contains automatic and interactive floorplanning tools and technologies that help the mixed-signal designers develop a layout from a schematic design in a hierarchical manner. Use the Floorplan menu in the Virtuoso Layout Suite XL or higher tier for your floorplanning tasks.

For lab instructions and a downloadable design, enroll for the online training course of your interest:

Virtuoso Layout Pro: T7 Module Generator and Floorplanner (XL/GXL) vIC6.1.8/ICADVM 20.1 (Online)

Or you can sign up for our instructor-led Training that is scheduled to take place on October 27 2021.

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You can become Cadence Certified once you complete the course and share your knowledge and certifications on social media channels.

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About Virtuoso Video Diary

Virtuoso Video Diary is an online journal that relays information about Virtuoso videos that are available in the Cadence Learning and Support Video Library. Hundreds of interesting videos on a wide variety of new and exciting Virtuoso features have already been created. Virtuoso Video Diary brings you direct links to these videos and other related material, on a regular basis. To receive notifications about new blogs in this series, click Subscribe and submit your email ID in the Subscriptions box. 

Parul Agarwal

On behalf of the Cadence Training team