Setup for a contact

Hi John,

Your question is a bit vague, so I'll guess at two possible answers. If you're wanting a procedural way of creating a contact in IC5141, you can use leCreateContact (rather than the "Human Interface" version of the function). If you're wanting to alter the contacts that are placed, that's a matter of defining them in the tech file, and maybe writing a pcell.

If neither of these answers the question  you meant to ask, please give sufficient details so that we can understand what your objective is.

Thanks,

Andrew.

Hi Andrew,

Thanks for your response.  My apologies for being a bit vague.

I would like to use the leHiCreateContact() command as it will let me use the mouse to actually place the contacts as I need them.  When this form pops up, it uses default values it obtains from some place.  When this form pops  up, I would like to see the default values be the values I used the last time I used this form.  Any insights?

 Again, THANKS!

John Wilwert 

John,

The initial defaults come from the tech file. However, you can avoid it resetting each time by using:

envSetVal("layout" "contactResetRowCol" 'boolean nil)
envSetVal("layout" "contactResetDelXY" 'boolean nil)
envSetVal("layout" "contactResetXYBias" 'boolean nil)

There are also other cdsenv values if it's a cdsVia :

layout cdsViaResetXYCutSpacing boolean t
layout cdsViaResetLayer1XYEnclosure boolean t
layout cdsViaResetLayer2XYEnclosure boolean t
layout cdsViaResetLayer1XYDirEnclosure boolean t
layout cdsViaResetLayer2XYDirEnclosure boolean t nil
layout cdsViaResetLayerDirection boolean t
layout cdsViaResetOrigin boolean t

Regards,

Andrew.

Andrew,

Thanks - This is exactly what I needed!

John Wilwert