Calibre DESIGNrev Introduction

Duration:  1 Day
Pricing:  1800 CNY
Course Part Number: 237291

Course Overview

Calibre is the industry standard for Deep Submicron Physical Verification. DESIGNrev, as a key module of Calibre, enables high performance and usability mask data viewing and modification. Feel the speed and ease-of-use by attending the Education Services "Calibre DESIGNrev Introduction" course. It will teach you to effectively use Mentor Graphics Calibre DESIGNrev software in your layout verification flow and will empower you to analyze mask data and verification results successfully. It will also teach you to automate chip assembly, and modification using Calibre Tcl extension in DESIGNrev environment. The lecture modules will guide you through the state-of-the-art layout viewing and modification tool.

Hands-on lab exercises will reinforce lecture topics and provide you with extensive tool usage experience under the guidance of our industry expert instructors.

You will learn how to

• Load layout files into DESIGNrev and convert layouts to different databases
• Adjust views for better understanding the data
• Edit layouts using DESIGNrev
• Interface DESIGNrev with other Mentor’s tools including Calibre DRC, LVS, DFM and RVE
• Write Tcl scripts and Macros for DESIGNrev

Hands-On Labs

Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience using the Calibre DESIGNrev software. Hands-on lab topics include:

• How to view and edit layout in DESIGNrev
• How to convert layout data base between different formats
• Advanced DESIGNrev functions
• How to write Tcl chip assembly program

Audience

Design and CAD Engineers who will use DESIGNrev

Prerequisites

• Familiarity with concepts of Tcl scripts
• Familiarity with UNIX operating systems

Key Topics

• Calibre DESIGNrev Basics
• Viewing layout
• Editing Layout
• Interfacing With Other tools
• Scripts and Macros