cadence_misc

Schematic

 * It may be helpful to make sure the symbol contains Library, Cell and Instance Number for sanity checking. Simply create labels with the [@cellName], [...] (todo, add others)
 * Break designs into small cells so they are easy to LVS

Layout

 * __**Important:**__ MOSIS will bounce your design if you use the metal drawing (ex, M1 dwg) layer for pin labels. Use the pin layer (ex, M1 pn) or text layer instead.

Simulation
//Simulation Setup//: envSetVal("asimenv.startup" "projectDir" 'string strcat("/s0/"strcat(getShellEnvVar("USER") "/simulation/")))
 * To make scratch space in vlsi machines, type: space_req /s0
 * Your cdsinit should include the line:

Corners Simulations

 * There is a short tutorial in the [|IBM13 Introduction Slides]. Read the following bullets for supplementary info:
 * Be sure to change your model path to a relative path (remove all the /directory/directory/.. stuff except for 'allModels.scs')
 * In order to simulate corners over multiple temperatures at once, make a copy of each model/corner folder for each temperature.
 * For IBM013, see ~yeagerd/projects/ibm13/designs/corner_temp_models

Tips and Tricks

 * To turn off the visibility of just one layout layer, use middle mouse button on that layer in LSW
 * To view only layers present in the layout, use IBM->LSW->Present Layers Only