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circuit prospector not finding structure

KurtKimber1
KurtKimber1 over 3 years ago

Hi All.  I'm trying to use the Circuit Prospector in tsmcN12, but its not finding any structures like current mirrors or diff pairs.  Is there something I need to configure like m-factor or number-of-fingers?  This is with ICADVM 20.1 isr21.  Thanks

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett over 3 years ago

    This is probably best to contact customer support about as there are limits as to what we can say about tsmcN12 in a public forum.

    What is likely to be needed is a set of ciRegisterDevice/ciMapParam type calls to register the relevant devices, as outlined in this presentation: Circuit Prospector in Virtuoso (IC 6.1.5/6.1.6): An Overview

    You can also see an example of doing this within gpdk045 (download from http://pdk.cadence.com ) and then look at the file gpdk045_PDKRegistrations.il within the gpdk045 library

    Regards,

    Andrew

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  • KurtKimber1
    KurtKimber1 over 3 years ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Great.  Thanks Andrew

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