EEE525 VLSI Design

Cadence

• Cadence setup on Server

Configuration path: /usr/local/cadence2/NCSU

• vlsi2.eas.asu.edu information
• VLSI Readme, with Cadence instructions
• > vlsi2 Read-me file

Tutorials

• > UWaterloo Tutorial, thorough on parametric analysis with some pPar information
• > Tutorial at UPenn
• > Lab Tutorial at UPenn
• > Tutorial at WPI
• > Tutorial at USC, Ppar variable information
• Tutorial, VLSI
• Tutorial on Virtuoso Schematic editor from OSU, layout with ALU
• Berkeley Virtuoso tutorial
• Cadence FAQ
• NCSU CDK User FAQ
• Circuit simulation using Spectre (UT Dallas)
• Unlocking files

-At the shell prompt, type clsAdminTool, you'll get a > prompt.

-Type ale /afs/asu.edu/users/m/b/a/mbaker7/cadence/EE525 (using the correct path to your library). You should get a list of existing locks in that library.

-There are two ways to release the lock in question:

To release all the locks in the library, type are /full/path/to/your/library/directory

To release the lock on a particular file, type asre /full/path/to/the/locked/file

-Type quit or exit.

Design Rules

• Mosis design rules (SCN5M Deep)

Spectre

• Model Libraries:

/usr/local/cadence/NCSU/local/models/spectre/standalone/tsmc25dN.m

/usr/local/cadence/NCSU/local/models/spectre/standalone/tsmc25dP.m