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Silvaco — Technical Presentation (June 2022)

12 slides from Silvaco's technical presentation, June 2022

  1. Slide 1: Expert Layout Editor

    SILVACO Expert Layout Editor

  2. Slide 2: Expert - Layout Editing Overview

    Expert - Layout Editing Expert Overview • Full feature, custom layout editor • Customizable menus, and GUI • Toolbars • Panels • Powerful Java scripting capability • Productivity features • DRC Assist • Edit-In-Place • Connectivity highlighting • Short locator • Embedded Layout vs Layout • Flat Pane

  3. Slide 3: DRC Assist

    Expert DRC Assist • Shows violations while editing layout design in real-time – Shows flags for the starting point – Works with various editing commands – Recognizes shapes through hierarchy • Works with basic design rules Recognizes the violation along cursor Shows error flags Recognizes shapes wit

  4. Slide 4: Node Probing

    Expert Node Probing • Shows electrically connected path with layer connectivity information • Performs hierarchical processing for fast extraction even in a large design • Short-locator • Especially effective to find short between power and ground nets • Shows resistance value between a couple of sp

  5. Slide 5: Layout Comparison

    Expert Layout Comparison Layout comparison (LVL = Layout vs. Layout) • Compare two layouts – Show the result of AND, OR, Dif (=Not), and XOR – Creation of text report – Can restrict comparison to specific layers Copyright │ ©2022 Silvaco, Inc. 5

  6. Slide 6: Integration with Gateway Schematic Capture

    Expert Integration with Gateway Schematic Capture Cross-probing with Expert and Gateway • LVS navigators provide various comparison information • Provides cross-probing between Expert, Gateway and SmartDRC/LVS Copyright │ ©2022 Silvaco, Inc. 6

  7. Slide 7: Integration with Guardian DRC

    Integration with Guardian DRC Integration with SmartDRC Finding detected errors in SmartDRC • Shows details in bubble mark • Can switch style of error flags • Shows Next / Previous / First error • Shows errors in fixed window Various style of error flags • Allows setting color for each error type Sh

  8. Slide 8: Integration with Hipex

    Expert Integration with Hipex Fast and Accurate Parasitic Extraction • Tightly bound with Expert and SmartLVS • Back-annotation to schematic netlist Process profile Exact Generates Test Layout technology file for Hipex LISA script for Technology file for generating tech file capacitance extraction G

  9. Slide 9: Integration with Clever

    Integration with Clever Integration with Victory RCx Pro Victory RCx Pro • Accurate capacitance extraction using 3D field solver • Uses text labels to create electrodes in Clever • Provides a feature to add text to all floating nodes automatically Copyright │ ©2022 Silvaco, Inc. 9

  10. Slide 10: Flat Panel Display Features

    Expert Flat Panel Display Features Extensive FPD features Smart Array Filtering in DRC Equal Length Routing Fan Shaped Connections Clone Wires Routing Along Curve Copyright │ ©2022 Silvaco, Inc. 10

  11. Slide 11: Cross-sectional Viewer

    Expert Viewer Cross-sectional Viewer • Creates the cross-sectional view of entered cut-line in the layout Copyright │ ©2022 Silvaco, Inc. 11

  12. Slide 12: Summary

    Expert Summary • Full feature, custom layout editor • Customizable menus, and GUI • Toolbars • Panels • Powerful Java scripting capability • Productivity features • DRC Assist • Edit-In-Place • Connectivity highlighting • Short locator • Embedded Layout vs Layout • Flat Panel Display Features • Cros

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