1 Introduction
1.1 CAD Tool Flows
1.1.1 Custom VLSI and Cell Design Flow
1.1.2 Hierarchical Cell/Block ASIC Flow
1.2 What This Book Is and Isn﹀t
1.3 Bugs in the Tools?
1.4 Tool Setup and Execution Scripts
1.5 Typographical Conventions
2 Cadence DFII and ICFB
2.1 Cadence Design Framework
2.2 Starting Cadence
2.3 Summary
3 Composer Schematic Capture
3.1 Starting Cadence and Making a New
Working Library
3.2 Creating a New Cell
3.2.1 Creating the Schematic View of a Full Adder
3.2.2 Creating the Symbol View of a Full Adder
3.2.3 Creating a Two-Bit Adder Using the FullAdder Bit
3.3 Schematics that Use Transistors
3.4 Printing Schematics
3.4.1 Modifying PostScript Plot Files
3.5 Variable, Pin, and Cell Naming Restrictions
3.6 Summary
4 Verilog Simulation
4.1 Verflog Simulation of Composer Schematics
4.1.1 Verilog-XL: Simulating a Schematic
4.1.2 NC_Verilog: Simulating a Schematic
4.2 Behavioral Verilog Code in Composer
4.2.1 Generating a Behavioral View
4.2.2 Simulating a Behavioral View
4.3 Stand-Alone Verilog Simulation
4.3.1 Verilog-XL
4.3.2 NC_Verilog
4.3.3 VCS
4.4 Timing in Verilog Simulations
4.4l Behavioral Versus Transistor Switch Simulation
4.4.2 Behavioral Gate Timing
4.4.3 Standard Delay Format (SDF) Timing
4.4.4 Transistor Timing
4.5 Summary
5 Virtuoso Layout Editor
5.1 An Inverter Schematic
5.1.1 Starting Cadence kfb
5.1.2 Making an Inverter Schematic
5.1.3 Making an Inverter Symbol
5.2 Layout for an Inverter
5.2.1 Creating a New layout View
5.2.2 Drawing an nmosTransistor
5.2.3 Drawing a pmos Transistor
5.2.4 Assembling the Inverter from the Transistor Layouts
5.2.5 Using Hierarchy in Layout
5.2.6 Virtuoso Command Overview
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6 Standard Cell Design Template
7 Spectre Analog Simulator
8 Cell Characterization
9 Verilog Synthesis
10 Abstract Generation
11 SOC Encounter Place and Route
12 Chip Assembly
13 Design Example
A Tool and Setup Scripts
B Scripts to Drive the Tools
C Technology and Cell Libraries
Bibliography
Index
