Calibre RET
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Duration: 5 days
Course Part Number: 211721
Pricing: 2500 USD
Description
Calibre is the industry standard for Deep Submicron Physical Verification and Calibre Resolution Enhancement Tools extend its capabilities into the subwavelength world. Realize its full impact on your design process by attending the Education Services "Calibre Resolution Enhancement Technology" course. It will teach you to effectively use Mentor Graphics Calibre RET software in your tapeout flow and will empower you to optimize your designs for highest yield The lecture modules will guide you through the various concepts underlying state-of-the-art resolution enhancement techniques and specific aspects of the Calibre RET 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
- Basic Calibre rule deck writing
- How to use Calibre for Rule Based OPC
- Concepts underlying Calibre lithography and process modeling
- Using Calibre Workbench for layout viewing, editing, and simulation
- Creation of a Calibre RET technology setup file
- How to use Calibre for Optical and Process Correction (OPC)
- How to use Calibre for Optical and Process Rule Checking (ORC)
- How to use Calibre to generate simulated silicon results
- Simulating OPC corrections, subresolution assist features, and phase shift masks.
- Creation of accurate process models using Calibre Workbench Model Center
- Debugging Calibre rules decks using Calibre Workbench
- Creating phase shift mask layouts
- Performing OPC on phase shift mask layouts
Hands-On Labs
Throughout this course, extensive hands-on lab exercises provide you with practical experience in using Calibre under the guidance of our expert instructors. Hands-on lab topics include:
- Rulefile setup
- Rule Based OPC
- Calibre Workbench
- Calibre OPC
- Calibre ORC
- Calibre Printimage
- Modeling with Calibre Workbench
- Creating phase shift mask layouts
Audience
- Tapeout specialists, integration specialists, lithographers, and process engineers who will use Calibre RET tools.
- CAD Engineers and Managers who will be responsible for integration of the Calibre toolset in their design flow
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of IC Layout concepts
- Familiarity with UNIX
- Knowledge of layout verification concepts and tools (helpful but not required)
Key Topics
- Calibre SVRF Primer
- Rule Based OPC with Calibre
- Calibre Workbench
- Modeling Overview
- Calibre RET Tools
- Model Creation
- Phase Shift Mask Layouts