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cant pass the parameters to a pcell ?

Mohellayali82

dear all,

i have an issue with a skill code, i am newbie actually, so the example is simple

 


pcDefinePCell(
        list(ddGetObj("test_pcell") "first_example" "layout")

        (
                (www 3.0)
        )
        let(
                ((cv pcCellView))

                cellId = dbOpenCellViewByType( "cmos065_rf" "plvtlp_rf" "layout")
                inst = dbCreateParamInst(
                        cv cellId nil list(1 1) "R0" 1
                        list(
                                list( "w" "float" 3.0)
                                list( "nfing" "integer" 4)
                         )
                )

        ); let
);;

 

 

so in my pcell first_example, i instanciate another pcell (plvtlp_rf), and i hard coded (for now) the 2 parameters that i pass to it w and nfing

but when i instanciate the master pcell (first_example) , the values are not passed to the sub pcell, and i have instead the default values of this cell.

what is strange is when i descend into hierarchy , and i do q in the subcell, in the edit properties i see that the parameters of the pcell are those that i passed w=3 , nfing =4 , but visually they dont appear

 

can somebody help me please by telling me what i did wrong

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  • A couple of possible problems - you've either given the wrong parameter names, or the wrong type. Look at the pcell parameters by doing:

    cv=dbOpenCellViewByType("pdkLibName" "plvtlp_rf" "layout)
    cv~>parameters~>value~>name
    cv~>parameters~>value~>valueType

    The last two lines will list the parameter names and types, in the same order. So you can match them one for one.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • A couple of possible problems - you've either given the wrong parameter names, or the wrong type. Look at the pcell parameters by doing:

    cv=dbOpenCellViewByType("pdkLibName" "plvtlp_rf" "layout)
    cv~>parameters~>value~>name
    cv~>parameters~>value~>valueType

    The last two lines will list the parameter names and types, in the same order. So you can match them one for one.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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