Virtuoso Layout Design Basics

Length : 1 day

Course Description

In this course, you learn the basic techniques for working with designs in the Virtuoso^® Layout Suite L environment in Version IC 6.1.8. You create and edit cell-level designs. You create and place instances to build hierarchy for custom physical designs. You explore the basics of the user interface and the user-interface assistants, which help select, navigate, search, highlight, edit and create physical designs.

You learn the fundamental methods of creating cells at the device level. You create rectangles, polygons, paths, wires, and cell instances. You edit those shapes to meet design-rule specifications. You traverse the hierarchy to edit in place or descend into a cell by itself for editing.

You create new cells representing low-level cells, and then create a top-level block design using the skills you learned in the earlier modules.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate with the user interface
• Use design assistants and workspaces
• Edit layout designs
• Use path stitching
• Edit the properties of objects
• Create a transistor manually to exercise the more common commands for creating and editing
• Create and edit a design-rule-correct layout by using Design Rule Driven (DRD) editing
• Import and export data using the GDSII format
• Use the Library Manager for data management
• Use DRD (Design Rule Driven) creation and editing

Software Used in This Course

• IC 6.1.8

Software Release(s)

ISR4

Modules in this Course

• The Design Environment
• The User Interfaces
• Basic and Advanced Layout Commands
• Design Rule Driven (DRD) Layout, Hierarchical Design, XStream In and Out

Audience

• Analog/Mixed Signal Engineers
• IC Designers
• Layout Designers
• Physical Layout Designers

Prerequisites

You must have, or have experience with or knowledge of the following:

• Linux or UNIX Operating Systems
• Experience doing layout design

Related Courses

• Virtuoso Layout Pro: T1. Environment and Basic Commands (VLS-L)
• Virtuoso Layout Pro: T2. Create and Edit Commands (VLS-L)

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