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Generate a Instances from different library from schematic view in Layout XL

Mahesh gunde 1

Hi all,

I was helpless to find the solution using skill or LayoutXL.

I have 2 library's

Eg:    Lib1 :Sch_design(only schematic views)

          Lib2: Lay_design(only layout views)

In  one schematic having lot of hirarchy's referring from Sch_design, I cannot get the layout views from Lay_design using Generate all from source option in LayoutXL.

Its generating as Pcells Instead of corresponding layout cell view from Lay_design library, due to lot of Instances in schematic from Sch_design. Generating and placing devices manually are horrible.

anyone help on this?

Thanks in Advance.

Thanks,

Mahesh

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  • ebecheto

    Here i a little example,

    Given as is, not sure its what you need

    ; open a schematic view, example of generateAllFromSource layout-XL equiv function
cv=geGetWindowCellView()
ccv=dbOpenCellViewByType(cv~>libName cv~>cellName "layout" "maskLayout" "a");<== new layout
foreach(mapcar inst cv~>instances
lib=inst~>libName;=> "PRIMLIB" ;<== example
cell=inst~>cellName;=> "nmos4" ;<== example
lay="layout"
layLib="Lay_design"
;lib=layLib   ;<== uncomment this one for your library
if( layinst=(dbOpenCellViewByType lib cell lay);=> db:0x14895d9a 
then
props=inst~>prop;=> (db:0x148970ca ... db:0x148970cb)
params=foreach(mapcar prop inst~>prop list(prop~>name prop~>valueType prop~>value))
insted=dbCreateParamInst(ccv layinst nil inst~>xy inst~>orient 1 params);<= identical to  dbCreateInst if no parameters props=nil
))

printf("Opening %s\n" ccv~>cellName) geOpen( ?lib ccv~>libName ?cell ccv~>cellName  ?view ccv~>viewName ) ;; <== check results

    Normally, you just have to uncomment the line :

    ;lib=layLib

    For your needs

    Hope it helps,

    Regards,

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  • ebecheto

    Here i a little example,

    Given as is, not sure its what you need

    ; open a schematic view, example of generateAllFromSource layout-XL equiv function
cv=geGetWindowCellView()
ccv=dbOpenCellViewByType(cv~>libName cv~>cellName "layout" "maskLayout" "a");<== new layout
foreach(mapcar inst cv~>instances
lib=inst~>libName;=> "PRIMLIB" ;<== example
cell=inst~>cellName;=> "nmos4" ;<== example
lay="layout"
layLib="Lay_design"
;lib=layLib   ;<== uncomment this one for your library
if( layinst=(dbOpenCellViewByType lib cell lay);=> db:0x14895d9a 
then
props=inst~>prop;=> (db:0x148970ca ... db:0x148970cb)
params=foreach(mapcar prop inst~>prop list(prop~>name prop~>valueType prop~>value))
insted=dbCreateParamInst(ccv layinst nil inst~>xy inst~>orient 1 params);<= identical to  dbCreateInst if no parameters props=nil
))

printf("Opening %s\n" ccv~>cellName) geOpen( ?lib ccv~>libName ?cell ccv~>cellName  ?view ccv~>viewName ) ;; <== check results

    Normally, you just have to uncomment the line :

    ;lib=layLib

    For your needs

    Hope it helps,

    Regards,

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  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to ebecheto

    Rather than writing SKILL code, this can be done with Virtuoso Layout Suite XL as a standard feature.

    In VLS XL, use Launch->Configure Physical Hierarchy, and then add the other library to the Physical Library List and then hit the update button (might want to save the physConfig too). Then in VLS XL when you do a gen from source, it will pick up the cells from the physical library:

    Andrew.

  • Mahesh gunde 1
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Hi Andrew &ebecheto,

    Thank you soo much for your help and comments.

    VLS XL option is working good.

    Thanks,

    Mahesh

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