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SoC Encounter routing help needed !

Calistudent
Calistudent over 16 years ago

Hello,

I am using Cadence SoC Encounter tool. How to make sure that routing done using "Trial Route", "Special Route" or "Nano Route" is uni-directional on each layer ? For example, if M2 is horizontal, M3 is vertical and so on...

Also, how to check for routing shorts, i.e. when two nets are shorting after routing ?

Any comments on above two questions would be greatly helpful.

Thanks in advance.

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    Scrivner over 16 years ago

     The layer directions for Encounter are defined in the techfiles (LEF).

     As for shorts, Trial Route is used as a "quick and dirty" way to gauge the congestion and routability of a design. It does not report shorts. Special Route and Nano Route will report shorts. They will appear as white "X" markers in the layout window.

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  • Scrivner
    Scrivner over 16 years ago

     The layer directions for Encounter are defined in the techfiles (LEF).

     As for shorts, Trial Route is used as a "quick and dirty" way to gauge the congestion and routability of a design. It does not report shorts. Special Route and Nano Route will report shorts. They will appear as white "X" markers in the layout window.

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