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ASSURA RCX FAILS

Sss19
Sss19 over 10 years ago

Hello,

This is kind of urgent. I am using IC615 with LFoundry. After successfully running DRC and LVS, RCX fails with the following error. I don't know how to upload any file so I am pasting here.

/usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/32bit/assura: /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/lib/SuSE/libelf.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/32bit/assura)

Assura (R) Physical Verification Version av4.1:Production:dfII6.1.5:IC6.1.5.500.17

Release 4.1_USR4_HF21

Copyright (c) Cadence Design Systems. All rights reserved.

@(#)$CDS: assura version av4.1:Production:dfII6.1.5:IC6.1.5.500.17 02/26/2015 11:43 (sjfql220) $

sub-version 4.1_USR4_HF21, integ signature 2015-02-26-1056

run on CadenceLatest from /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools.lnx86/assura/bin/32bit/assura on Tue May 12 23:58:33 2015

Checking out 1 license for Assura_RCX

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind0n27a10g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind0n56a05g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind0n66a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind1n20a05g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind1n30a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind1n70a05g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind1n90a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind2n00a05g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind2n20a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind3n30a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind3n60a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind5n20a02g4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind7n40a01g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for ind10n0a01g0

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_3_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_3_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_hs_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_ll_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_ll_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_3i_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_3i_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_hsi_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_hsi_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_lli_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nmosrf_lli_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nvarrf_dne

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nvarrf_dnn

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nvarrf_dpe

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nvarrf_sne

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nvarrf_snn

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nvarrf_spe

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pmosrf_3_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pmosrf_3_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pmosrf_hs_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pmosrf_hs_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pmosrf_ll_3

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pmosrf_ll_4

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for rppolyrf_l

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for cmimrf

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for cmimrf*

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nldmosrf_5a*

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pldmosrf_5a*

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for nldmosrf_5b*

Warning: no ?parasiticBlockingDeviceCellsFile match for pldmosrf_5b*

 

Starting /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/rcxToDfII /home/sana/LFoundry/RUNNING/rcx.36.rsf -t -cdslib /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib

/usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/32bit/rcxToDfII: /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/lib/SuSE/libelf.so.1: no version information available (required by /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/lib/libvirtuos_sh.so)

Virtuoso Framework License (111) was checked out successfully. Total checkout time was 0.22s.

@(#)$CDS: rcxToDfII version av4.1:Production:dfII6.1.5:IC6.1.5.500.17 02/26/2015 11:46 (sjfql220) $

sub-version 4.1_USR4_HF21, integ signature 2015-02-26-1056

run on CadenceLatest from /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools.lnx86/assura/bin/32bit/rcxToDfII on Tue May 12 23:58:35 2015

*WARNING* Technology must be specified!

*WARNING* LIB wed from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 10 redefines

LIB wed from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB test from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 14 redefines

LIB test from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB test1 from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 17 redefines

LIB test1 from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB t1 from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 18 redefines

LIB t1 from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB test2 from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 19 redefines

LIB test2 from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* The directory: '/home/sana/LFoundry/wed1' does not exist

but was defined in libFile '/home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib' for Lib 'wed1'.

*WARNING* The directory: '/home/sana/LFoundry/test3' does not exist

but was defined in libFile '/home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib' for Lib 'test3'.

*WARNING* LIB wed from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 10 redefines

LIB wed from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB test from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 14 redefines

LIB test from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB test1 from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 17 redefines

LIB test1 from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB t1 from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 18 redefines

LIB t1 from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* LIB test2 from File /home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib Line 19 redefines

LIB test2 from the same file (defined earlier.)

*WARNING* The directory: '/home/sana/LFoundry/wed1' does not exist

but was defined in libFile '/home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib' for Lib 'wed1'.

*WARNING* The directory: '/home/sana/LFoundry/test3' does not exist

but was defined in libFile '/home/sana/LFoundry/cds.lib' for Lib 'test3'.

Finished /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/rcxToDfII

Constructing the RCX run script

*** ASSURA capgen VERSION 3.2 Red Hat Linux release 7.2 (Enigma) - (07/07/2010-10:53) ***

 

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capgen Capgen results will be written to directory: /home/sana/LFoundry/RUNNING/36

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 10 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 11 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 12 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 13 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 14 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 15 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*WARNING* at "capgen": file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile, line 16 INVALID invalid option 'pro_cont' in EXT_CONT statement

*ERROR* at "capgen": errors found in -p2lvs file /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile

quitting.

Forking: /usr/local/cadence/installs/ASSURA41/tools/assura/bin/32bit/capgen -techdir /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc -lvs /home/sana/LFoundry/RUNNING/36.xcn -p2lvs /usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/pv/assura/6metal/qrc/p2lvsfile -sw3d -blocking _ngate_cap_m_bulk:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking _ngate_cap_m_dnw:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking _pgate_cap_m:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking _ngate_cap_l_bulk:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking _ngate_cap_l_dnw:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking _ngate_cap_h_bulk:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking _ngate_cap_h_dnw:0.1,STI,DIFF,POLY2 -blocking mim1c:0.6,STI,METAL5,METALF -p POLY2,allGate,DIFF -length_units meters -genericMos _nmos_ll_sal1,D,G,S -genericMos _nmos_3_sal,D,G,S -genericMos _nmos_5_sal,D,G,S -genericMos _pmos_ll_sal1,D,G,S -genericMos _pmos_3_sal,D,G,S -genericMos _pmos_5_sal,D,G,S /home/sana/LFoundry/RUNNING/36

*WARNING* Bad return status from RCX script generator. 0x100

Please help me solve the issue.

Thanks and Regards,

Sana Arshad

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  • Sss19
    Sss19 over 10 years ago

    Thank you for the reply. I have installed QRC and the av_extracted view gets created easily but then simulating the extracted view in ADE gives the following error.

     

    Warning from spectre in `pmosrf_hs', during circuit read-in.

    WARNING (SFE-57): "/usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/analog/models/spectre/lf150rf_mosrf_hs.scs" 394: Parameter name `m' is reserved for the subcircuit multiplicity factor. So a formal parameter of that name is ignored.

    Warning from spectre in `nmosrf_hs', during circuit read-in.

    WARNING (SFE-57): "/usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/analog/models/spectre/lf150rf_mosrf_hs.scs" 22: Parameter name `m' is reserved for the subcircuit multiplicity factor. So a formal parameter of that name is ignored.

    Reading link: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/discipline.h

    Reading file: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/disciplines.vams

    Reading link: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.h

    Reading file: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.vams

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_1.ahdlcmi/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_1.ahdlcmi/Linux/ (775)

    Reading file: /home/sana/simulation/Testbench_36/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.ahdlSimDB/bsource.va.bsource_1.ahdlcmi/Linux/obj/optimize/5.0/bsource_1_libahdlcmi.so

    Installed compiled interface for bsource_1.

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_2.ahdlcmi/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_2.ahdlcmi/Linux/ (775)

    Reading file: /home/sana/simulation/Testbench_36/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.ahdlSimDB/bsource.va.bsource_2.ahdlcmi/Linux/obj/optimize/5.0/bsource_2_libahdlcmi.so

    Installed compiled interface for bsource_2.

    Error found by spectre during hierarchy flattening.

    ERROR (SFE-46): "/usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/analog/models/spectre/lf150rf_resrf.scs" 25: `R01': An instance of `bsource_2' can have at most 3 terminals (but has 4).

     

    Time for Elaboration: CPU = 200.012 ms, elapsed = 308.748 ms.

    Time accumulated: CPU = 328.02 ms, elapsed = 852.791 ms.

    Peak resident memory used = 36 Mbytes.

    spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error.

    Andrew, I would appreciate if you can help solve this issue.

    Thanks and Regards,

    Sana

     

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    Sss19 over 10 years ago

    Thank you for the reply. I have installed QRC and the av_extracted view gets created easily but then simulating the extracted view in ADE gives the following error.

     

    Warning from spectre in `pmosrf_hs', during circuit read-in.

    WARNING (SFE-57): "/usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/analog/models/spectre/lf150rf_mosrf_hs.scs" 394: Parameter name `m' is reserved for the subcircuit multiplicity factor. So a formal parameter of that name is ignored.

    Warning from spectre in `nmosrf_hs', during circuit read-in.

    WARNING (SFE-57): "/usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/analog/models/spectre/lf150rf_mosrf_hs.scs" 22: Parameter name `m' is reserved for the subcircuit multiplicity factor. So a formal parameter of that name is ignored.

    Reading link: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/discipline.h

    Reading file: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/disciplines.vams

    Reading link: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.h

    Reading file: /usr/local/cadence/installs/MMSIM121/tools.lnx86/spectre/etc/ahdl/constants.vams

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_1.ahdlcmi/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_1.ahdlcmi/Linux/ (775)

    Reading file: /home/sana/simulation/Testbench_36/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.ahdlSimDB/bsource.va.bsource_1.ahdlcmi/Linux/obj/optimize/5.0/bsource_1_libahdlcmi.so

    Installed compiled interface for bsource_1.

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_2.ahdlcmi/ (775)

    Opening directory input.ahdlSimDB//bsource.va.bsource_2.ahdlcmi/Linux/ (775)

    Reading file: /home/sana/simulation/Testbench_36/spectre/schematic/netlist/input.ahdlSimDB/bsource.va.bsource_2.ahdlcmi/Linux/obj/optimize/5.0/bsource_2_libahdlcmi.so

    Installed compiled interface for bsource_2.

    Error found by spectre during hierarchy flattening.

    ERROR (SFE-46): "/usr/local/cadence/installs/PDK_LF150i_V2_0_0/analog/models/spectre/lf150rf_resrf.scs" 25: `R01': An instance of `bsource_2' can have at most 3 terminals (but has 4).

     

    Time for Elaboration: CPU = 200.012 ms, elapsed = 308.748 ms.

    Time accumulated: CPU = 328.02 ms, elapsed = 852.791 ms.

    Peak resident memory used = 36 Mbytes.

    spectre terminated prematurely due to fatal error.

    Andrew, I would appreciate if you can help solve this issue.

    Thanks and Regards,

    Sana

     

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