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ELE537
Digital Integrated Circuit Design II
Spring 2015

Instructor:
Prof. A. J. Davis

Setting Up Virtuoso for TSMC 180nm SCMOS:

  • Setting Up the working director
  • cds.lib (without libraries)

    Start Cadence using: ./IC615 -log nolog.log; the screen should look like this Create a libary using the virtuoso lib

    using the library manager, create the library named 'abc123' as shown here; the screen should look like this (before you hit 'ok')Create a libary using the virtuoso lib

    select 'ok'; then select the button titled 'Attach to an existing technology library'; the screen should look like this (before you hit 'ok')Create a libary using the virtuoso lib

    select 'ok'; once this has been selected notice the highlighted technology file is 'NCSU_TechLib_tsmc02'; the screen should look like this (before you hit 'ok')Create a libary using the virtuoso lib

    select 'ok'; As a final sanity check select abs123, and use the left mouse key to check the properties ; Create a libary using the virtuoso lib

    notice, that the correct library has been selected. Also note that the file, cds.lib, will now have an entry for the library abc123.