CADToolsMagicIRSIMSPICE简介.pptVIP

CAD ToolsMagic/IRSIM/SPICE簡介 Presenter：黃世緯 助教 Rm 322 10/18/2000 Outline Introduction Magic – Layout Editor IRSIM – Logic-level simulator for MOS circuits SPICE – Transistor-level simulator for MOS circuits Introduction Magic – Layout Editor What is Magic? A color painting tool? Quite a bit about the nature of VLSI circuit layout Additional operations Built-in Design-Rule-Check (DRC) Built-in Hierarchical circuit extractor Some useful functions such as routing tools How to Get Help? Manual Hard copies Electronic files postscript files available on .tw/~vlsi_design/homework/cad_tools/magic.htm On WS: ~d8921030/magic_tutorial (tutorial files) ~d8921030/magic_tutcells (example files for tutorial) On-line help :help subject Running Magic 在 Linux 中的 magic 及 irsim, 均需要將CAD_HOME 環境變數設到 /home/cad 目錄下, 也就是, 如果用的是 C Shell (csh, tcsh), 要加入下列兩行到 $HOME/.cshrc 中 setenv CAD_HOME /home/cad set path=($path $CAD_HOME/bin) 在 Linux中執行 magic –dX11 –T tsmc0p8_spdm filename The Box the Cursor Used to select things on the color display Invoking Commands Invoking Commands Type “:”(colon) or “;”(semi-colon) to invoke command Use macro E.g. ‘u’ means “:undo” Magic Commands (1) Basic Painting :paint layers (color) :erase layers “ ^D ” (erase all layers underneath the cursor) Use Mouse Select or box what U would like to paint Move to the color (layer) U would like to paint Press middle button (or press left right together if U use 2-button mouse) Magic Commands (2) If I mistake to take action… :undo Same as ‘u’ :redo Same as ‘U’ Magic Commands (3) Selection Move over the portion and type ‘s’ Select more Type ‘S’ Select area ‘a’ / select more area ‘A’ Clear out the selection ‘C’ or “:select clear” Magic Commands (4) Operations on the Selection :delete d :move q(l), w(d), e(u), r(r) :stretch Q, W, E, R :copy c :upsidedown (vertically flip) :sideway (horizontally flip) :clockwise Magic Commands (5) Label :label Erase a label Select