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PVS-QRC flow and QRC_Advanced_Modeling licence

jdimov
jdimov over 8 years ago

Hi,

I am having problems setting up Quantus RC extraction using the files generated from PVS-iLVS

I am using Virtuoso IC6.17 64bit500.7
Quantus is ext-15.2.3 64bit
PVS is 15.16 64bit

I obtained the files for lvs and qrc through my vendor (tsmc 28nm)
So far I have managed to do drc and lvs and I think I compiled the files for qrc correctly too (I have generated the svdb folder and I have qrc techfile generated with Techgen I think ok (it's my first time doing this from scratch...))
I ran with two output formats the qrc_cmd.rsf using the qrc -cmd qrc_cmd.rsf

1. When I ran with SPICE output I got a licence error saying I am missing QRC_Advanced_modeling. What is that? I tried finding it in EXT help files, and on the internet and I just didn't find anything that made sense.
The error is LMF-02018
I do have a licence for Virtuoso_QRC_Extraction_XL, I checked with lmstat.

2. When I run using ?outputFormat "dfii" and ?extractedView "av_extracted" I get an error
 /opt/eda/cadence/ic06.17.latest/tools/dfII/bin/qrcToDfii exit with bad status

I'd appreciate if someone could help me out on this.

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I also have another question.
For running LVS and lvs for RC extraction I got a big .tcl script which I modify (it contains switches and variables and sets a lot of ilvs commands in general).
I would like to make it more organized by creating a better file structure and preferably run it from Layout Editor through GUI.
Can someone give me an advice how should the file structure look like for pvs-lvs and quantus-qrc?

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    Andrew Beckett over 8 years ago

    Search in the QRC documentation for "Advanced Modeling" and you'll find there are a few features needed for modeling technologies 32nm and below that require the QRCX320 Cadence Quantus QRC Advanced Modeling GXL Option license. That's what the first issue is complaining about.

    The second (and third) doesn't really have enough information to go on - I suggest you contact customer support (hopefully you'll have done that by now anyway).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 8 years ago

    Search in the QRC documentation for "Advanced Modeling" and you'll find there are a few features needed for modeling technologies 32nm and below that require the QRCX320 Cadence Quantus QRC Advanced Modeling GXL Option license. That's what the first issue is complaining about.

    The second (and third) doesn't really have enough information to go on - I suggest you contact customer support (hopefully you'll have done that by now anyway).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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