Calibre TVF
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| Date Begins | Date Ends | Time | Location | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 07, 2009 | Jan 07, 2009 | 9:00am - 5:00pm | Espoo, FI | Register |
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Duration: 1 Day
Course Part Number: 234638
Course Overview
This course will help you unleash the powers of TVF to make your SVRF files more compact, easier to maintain, and more powerful. Using several examples, you will learn how to incorporate TVF functionality into your rule files to make writing SVRF rules easier.
Detailed lab exercises help reinforce the lectures and provide you with extensive tool usage experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO
- Use Calibre TVF to simplify rule writing.
- Create rule files that are smaller, more flexible, and easier to maintain.
- Write Compile-Time TVF to generate SVRF rule files.
- Add Runtime TVF to SVRF rule files for increased functionality
HANDS-ON LABS
Lab exercises provide practical experience in writing and debugging rule files using Calibre TVF. Exercises include:
- Review of Tcl concepts
- Performing verification using Runtime and Compile-Time TVF
- Using Compile-Time TVF to create DRC rulechecks
- Debugging Compile-Time and Runtime TVF
- Writing TVF Functions using Runtime TVF
AUDIENCE
- Experienced IC Layout Engineers and Layout Verification specialists who will write, maintain, support, and optimize various DRC and LVS rule decks in their organization
- Experienced CAD Engineers and Managers who will be responsible for integration of the Calibre toolset in their design flow
- Experienced CAD specialists who interface with various foundries such as TSMC, UMC, Chartered, and integrate the rule decks supplied by these foundries into the verification flow
- Layout Verification specialists in foundries who are responsible for generating qualified rule decks in their various process offerings
PREREQUISITES
- Completion of the Calibre Rule Writing class very highly recommended
- Thorough knowledge of IC Layout techniques and procedures
- Experience with an IC layout editing tool
- Familiarity with UNIX
- Good understanding of layout verification concepts and experience with layout verification tools
- Experience programming in any language. (Familiarity with Tcl is very helpful, but not absolutely required.)
KEY TOPICS
- Review of Tcl syntax and concepts
- Using Compile-Time Calibre TVF
- Enhancing existing SVRF rule files with TVF
- Writing and debugging Compile-Time TVF code
- Using looping structures to automate generation of large amounts of SVRF code
- Writing and calling procedures to produce derived layers or rule checks
- Controlling rule file contents from an external file
- Writing Runtime TVF functions
- Adding TVF comments for readability and ease of maintenance
- Using Runtime Calibre TVF