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OrCAD16.6 DRC check problem: "Net has two or more aliases"

Hossein1357
Hossein1357 over 11 years ago

Hi,

I have used net names of my power symbols for various pins. Running DRC I see below messages. How can I get rid of such messaes?

INFO(ORCAP-2212): Check Power Ground Mismatch
QUESTION(ORCAP-1589): Net has two or more aliases - possible short? U18,PVIN  PVIN  DDR1V8
                    SCHEMATIC1, 05-DDR2 & GP Flash  (106.68, 185.42)
QUESTION(ORCAP-1589): Net has two or more aliases - possible short? U18,VDDQ  VDDQ  DDR1V8
                    SCHEMATIC1, 05-DDR2 & GP Flash  (106.68, 175.26)
QUESTION(ORCAP-1589): Net has two or more aliases - possible short? U16,VDD  VDD  DDR1V8
                    SCHEMATIC1, 05-DDR2 & GP Flash  (241.30, 22.86)
QUESTION(ORCAP-1589): Net has two or more aliases - possible short? U16,VDD  VDD  DDR1V8
                    SCHEMATIC1, 05-DDR2 & GP Flash  (243.84, 22.86)

Any comment would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Hossein

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  • francomaggi
    francomaggi over 9 years ago

    I also have this problem and I do not see any issue with my design either.

    Browsing the DRC, I see other names have been attached to the concerned power nets. Those "alternative" and confusing aliases that trig errors reflect power pin names.

    My feeling is that, whenever OrCAD finds a power port, it attaches a tag to the power net it connects to or, better, it tries to rename the power network with pin names, generating more than one net aliases. Later, when running DRC, it will complain about this.

    Is my suspect correct? How do I eventually remove this annoying option?

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  • francomaggi
    francomaggi over 9 years ago

    I also have this problem and I do not see any issue with my design either.

    Browsing the DRC, I see other names have been attached to the concerned power nets. Those "alternative" and confusing aliases that trig errors reflect power pin names.

    My feeling is that, whenever OrCAD finds a power port, it attaches a tag to the power net it connects to or, better, it tries to rename the power network with pin names, generating more than one net aliases. Later, when running DRC, it will complain about this.

    Is my suspect correct? How do I eventually remove this annoying option?

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