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ELC - Generic PDK 45 version 3.5 - Redefinition error

kmmankad
kmmankad over 12 years ago

Hey,

I'm using ELC to characterize a standard cell library I've created based on the Generic 45nm PDK,version 3.5. I have created the netlist successfully,but when I run the db_prepare command,I get the following error:

  [ERROR(db_prepare)] spice syntax error: G45N1SVT : redefinition of the subckt [ file = /Cadence/IC614/GPDK45/models/spectre/gpdk045_mos.scs, #line = 979 ]

 => subckt g45n1svt d g s b inl=ne 

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I am pasting the contents of my elccfg file:

 SETUP = "/Cadence/work2/setup.ss";

PROCESS = "typical";

CORNER = "tt";

SUBCKT = "/Cadence/work2/dut.scs";

MODEL = "/Cadence/IC614/GPDK45/models/spectre/gpdk045.scs";

EC_SPICE_SIMPLIFY=1;

EC_HALF_WIDTH_HOLD_FLAG=1;

EC_SIM_NAME="spectre"

EC_SIM_TYPE="spectre"

EC_SPICE_SUPPLY1_NAMES="vdd"

EC_SPICE_SUPPLY0_NAMES="gnd"

I cant put up the contents of my dut.scs file,but it contains FET definitions of this kind
 
 NM0 (\4\:out \7\:A gnd gnd) g45n1svt w=(2.4e-07) l=4.5e-08 nf=1 as=0.0384p \
        ad=0.0384p ps=0.78u pd=0.78u nrd=1.16667 nrs=1.16667 sa=1.4e-07 \
        sb=3.45e-07 sd=160n sca=5.18803 scb=0.00227507 scc=1.27019e-05 \
        m=(1) 
 
Please help!  
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