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Text to Symbol generator (TSG) and how to convert .slib (liberty format from Synopsis)

Binhngo1210
Binhngo1210 11 months ago

I have 3 question regarding creating symbol in Cadence Virtuoso Schematic 

.- I would like to create more complex symbol shape (ex: like with curves and straight lines for a NAND symbol) using TSG but i dont find any Cadence document describing such implementation (just pins arranment using pinLocSpec()). 
How can i do it? Please give me some Cadence referenes if have. 
.- In Synopsic Liberty format, they provide .slib file to describe about symbol shapes (NAND, NOR, NOT......). Is there any way to convert it ?

.- It seems Cadence does not have tool to convert from Symbol to Text ? (i dont find any so I assume it does not support such translation). In my opinion, it will be more convinient for desingers. Could you explain?
Regards,
Tommy

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  • Andrew Beckett
    Andrew Beckett 11 months ago

    TSG can't generate symbols with curved lines (I wrote a utility many years ago which either used TSG or symbols from the sample library as a template; I can't share that code though because it was from before I worked for Cadence).

    I'm not aware of there being anything to convert .slib to symbols. I saw a very old request for this, but nothing very recent.

    I also do not believe we have a symbol to text generator.

    Andrew

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  • Binhngo1210
    Binhngo1210 11 months ago in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thanks Andrew, it is clear.

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