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Manual editing of a p2lvsfile

Slawa
Slawa over 15 years ago

 Hello

 After I have faced the following error: ERROR (LBMISC-215480): at "RCXdspf": LVS connectivity file /.../  is missing .2. in the course of start qrc at me there was a necessity of editing p2lvsfile.

In a "ICT.file" is
  # Diffusion Layers
diffusion NP {thickness, resistivity} and

 # dielectric Layers
dielectric   STI {conformal FALSE, height, thickness, dielectric_constant}.

How they are necessary for setting in p2lvsfile if to them as a matter of fact corresponds nothing in a RULEfile? 

 How to be with layers which are created directly in RULEfile but are used in LVSFILE? For example there is layer PACTIVE=Layer1 and (Layer2 or Layer3) which is set in RULEfile and in LVSFILE it is used only as:

 model = diode[DP],DP
element diode[DP] DPPLUS PACTIVE NWELL

 It turns out that in LVSFILE there is no information on the given layer as well as there is no information on it in ICT.

 

Best regards

Beginner engineer from Russia 

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  • Slawa
    Slawa over 15 years ago

    Hello Quek

    In the question I spoke about those layers which is in ICTfile but are not present in LVSfile and also about layers "intermediate" which are created in LVSrule. That is, there are base layers of process: M1 M2 V1 V2 Poly DIFF diffRES NP etc, and there are layers which in LVSrule are created on their basis by certain rules (or, and, not). Here for example:

    //////////////RULE_file//////////////////
    NDIFF = DIFF AND NP
    NACTIVE = NDIFF NOT diffRes


    Where DIFF, NP and diffRES - base layers of the given technology and layer NACTIVE it is created  on their basis directly for verification.
    In LVSfile about layer NACTIVE it it is not known, It is present but about its structure there is no information. 

    ///////////LVS_file///////////
    connect M1 NACTIVE by CON

    model = mos [NH], NH
    element mos [NH] NGATEGX3 GP NACTIVE PSUB
    Therefore my question also is devoted that how to declare the given layer in p2lvsfile

     

     On the first question:
    In ICTfile there are layers which corresponds nothing in LVSfile. For example:

    /////////////////ICTfile///////////////////////
    # Diffusion Layers
    diffusion NPJunc {
       thickness         ///
       resistivity       ////
    }
    # dielectric Layers
    dielectric   STI {
       conformal            FALSE
       height               ////
       thickness            ////
       dielectric_constant        ////
    } 

     How to designate the given layers in p2lvsfile and whether it is necessary to designate them in general.

     If them to ignore in p2lvsfile that Techgen writes:

     WARNING (CAPGEN-41446): Substrate layer 'STI' will be automatically generated
     during extraction due to incomplete p2lvs mapping. This may lead to unintended results.

     

    Best regards

    Beginner engineer from Russia 

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  • Slawa
    Slawa over 15 years ago

    Hello Quek

    In the question I spoke about those layers which is in ICTfile but are not present in LVSfile and also about layers "intermediate" which are created in LVSrule. That is, there are base layers of process: M1 M2 V1 V2 Poly DIFF diffRES NP etc, and there are layers which in LVSrule are created on their basis by certain rules (or, and, not). Here for example:

    //////////////RULE_file//////////////////
    NDIFF = DIFF AND NP
    NACTIVE = NDIFF NOT diffRes


    Where DIFF, NP and diffRES - base layers of the given technology and layer NACTIVE it is created  on their basis directly for verification.
    In LVSfile about layer NACTIVE it it is not known, It is present but about its structure there is no information. 

    ///////////LVS_file///////////
    connect M1 NACTIVE by CON

    model = mos [NH], NH
    element mos [NH] NGATEGX3 GP NACTIVE PSUB
    Therefore my question also is devoted that how to declare the given layer in p2lvsfile

     

     On the first question:
    In ICTfile there are layers which corresponds nothing in LVSfile. For example:

    /////////////////ICTfile///////////////////////
    # Diffusion Layers
    diffusion NPJunc {
       thickness         ///
       resistivity       ////
    }
    # dielectric Layers
    dielectric   STI {
       conformal            FALSE
       height               ////
       thickness            ////
       dielectric_constant        ////
    } 

     How to designate the given layers in p2lvsfile and whether it is necessary to designate them in general.

     If them to ignore in p2lvsfile that Techgen writes:

     WARNING (CAPGEN-41446): Substrate layer 'STI' will be automatically generated
     during extraction due to incomplete p2lvs mapping. This may lead to unintended results.

     

    Best regards

    Beginner engineer from Russia 

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