Calibre xRC Parasitic Extraction

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Note: Training will be opened only with a minimum number of attendees

Duration: 2 Days
Price:   4600 ILS (902 EUR)
Course Part Number:  217011

Course Overview

Calibre is the industry standard for Deep Submicron Physical Verification. Realize its full impact on your design process by attending the Education Services "Calibre xRC" course for parasitic extraction. This course is designed to provide customers with the concepts and experience necessary to use, run, write rules, and optimize parasitic extraction results from Calibre xRC.  The lecture modules will guide you through the various concepts underlying state-of-the-art techniques and specific aspects of the Calibre toolset.
 
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

• Explain the overall Calibre xRC Flow in relation to parasitic extraction.
• Identify the Calibre xRC 3-Step Flow and the databases created: PHDB, PDB, and FMT.
• Recognize how xRC connects to analysis.
• Identify the types of netlists: flat, gate-level, hybrid, in-context, full hierarchical, and ADMS extraction.
• Examine the SVRF statements associated with distributed RC, RCC, lumped C and R-only.
• Understand the various SVRF statements associated with each parasitic model.
• Explore the xRC input file requirements including pre-invocation tasks.
• Investigate and experiment with excluding and limiting extraction to specific nets.
• Differentiate difference between xcell and hcell and when to use them.
• Explain parasitic reduction and its value.
• Employ the PEX GUI (graphical user interface) to run Calibre xRC.
• Recognize how to control the rule file through the PEX GUI.
• Identify various vertical shielding concepts.
• Investigate simulation challenges in parasitic extraction.
• Explore parasitic capacitance and resistance.
• Examine concepts related to In-Die Variation.

  Hands-On Labs

• Perform Flat, Gate-Level, and Hierarchical Extraction
• Rule file editing
• Explore output files and compare results
• Correct PEX statements
• Produce lumped-C, or distributed RC or RCC
• Analyze conversion results
• Use the PEX GUI module and lab
• Interpret Calibre xRC reports, logs and extracted netlists

Audience

• Circuit Designers
• Layout Designers
• Rule Writers
• Programmers
• CAD Support Team
• Silicon wafer fabrication team who wish to write, run circuit simulations, set-up or otherwise interpret Calibre xRC.  This course should meet the needs of an audience of specialists who have knowledge of VLSI design.  It is intended for users of xCalibre, Arcadia , StarRC, as well as, users who are new to parasitic extraction.

Prerequisites

• Calibre DRC/LVS course
  
• Calibre Writing Rules course
• Working knowledge of UNIX Common Desktop Environment 
• Basic knowledge of circuit simulation
• Ability to read circuit schematics
• Understanding of SPICE netlists
• Knowledge of layout verification concepts and tools

Key Topics

• Explain the typical Calibre xRC Flow.
• Understand the 3-Step Flow and its components.
• Understand the xRC input file requirements including pre-invocation tasks.
• Understand the concept of excluding and limiting extraction to specific nets.
• Understand types of netlists: flat, hierarchical, and gate-level extraction.
• Understand the difference between xcell and hcell and when to use them.
• Understand the value of reduction.
• Understand the PEX GUI (graphical user interface).
• Understand how to control the rule file through the PEX GUI.
• Understand various vertical shielding concepts.
• Understand types of resistance and their constituents.
• Understand concepts related to In-Die Variation.