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cyclic-fields in a pcell-property

Peach99

Hi All,

I'm trying to integrate a cyclic field (like a pull down menu with several options) in the property form of a pcell, but I find no way to do this! By default you can only use the data types 'int', 'string', 'float', 'boolean' and 'ilList', but these types are not the types I'm looking for!

pcDefinePCell(list(ddGetObj("Primlib") "nmos_cascode_param_SKILL2" "layout")
    ((CascodeLength float 1.0)
    (CascodeWidth float 5.0)
    (MirrorLength float 1.0)
    (MirrorWidth float 5.0)
    )
    let(....

 I have replaced the float-type by the cyclic-type, but it didn't work, because this type isn't supported by the 'pcDefinePCell'-function!

Can anybody help me?

 

Regards,

Daniel Pietsch 

  • Daniel,

    The pcell parameters only concern themselves with the data type - whether it is a float, or a string, or a boolean (say). In order to make the parameter display on the create instance/edit properties form as a cyclic field, you would define that information in the CDF - there you can control the prompt and the choices.

    Regards,

    Andrew.

  • Thank you very much for your reply!

    I thought that the property of the pcell is displayed in the CDF-Editor, but in the CDF-Editor I have to add parameters with the same name and then I can create the cyclic fields! I might have guessed!

    Regards,

    Daniel.

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