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IC6 constraining/placing matched transistors

stuso
stuso over 16 years ago

Hi there,

Is anyone aware if its possible to constrain the placement of transistors for matching such that you can dictate the order of devices and the layer used to space them.

For example i have a schematic with 3 mos device, all of same w/L and 1 finger and 2 multiples.

Schematic:

nm1 m(multiple)=2, nm2 m=2 , dummy1 m=2

I want layout to place/constrain these to align and equally space as:

dummy1.1    nm2.1     nm1.1     nm1.2    nm2.2     dummy1.2

so for example there is polygon in each pcell called OD which i would like NOT to overlap AND be spaced by 1um, so the layout looks like 6 transistors in a line with the OD layers spaced by 1um.

Its basiaclly a simple current mirror with nm1 the bias device in the centre, nm2 split either side & dummy on either end. For matching all 6 units are equally spaced.

Thanks

Stu

 

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  • linh
    linh over 9 years ago

    Hi,

    I'm looking for the video that you mentioned above.  Please share the link to the video.

    Thanks,

    Linh

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 9 years ago

    Go to  

    Then go to Resources->Video Library. Search for "modgen" or "constraint" in the video library. There are the old videos referenced above, but also many more recent videos too on a variety of related topics.

    Kind Regards,

    Andrew.

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