autoDrcCorrection.pdf

Auto DRC Correction Overview This document introduces the Auto DRC Correction command that verifies the DRC rules of spacing, width and enclosure, and also considers filling metal and keeping the larger metal for real layout. The command detects and corrects the DRC errors in a specified area, and also can read the DRC errors reported by sign-off tools, such as Calibre or Hercules for violation fixing. This command can be invoked via Edit-Auto DRC Correction under Laker layout window. Notice that this action will only update the cell view in process. The child cells are not modified, and viewed as references to detect and correct the DRC errors. Besides, the DRC correction can be performed while verifying DRC errors by Verify-View Error. Data Preparation User needs to have a new section (tfLayoutCompaction) in the corresponding technology file for Auto DRC Correction. Its syntax and contents are described in the appendix of this note.Laker Application Notes - Auto DRC Correction 1 Graphical User Interface (GUI) The following paragraphs explains the graphical user interface (GUI) of Auto DRC Correction. Figure: Auto DRC Correction Form Impact Boundary The impact boundary is defined as the extension of the bounding box of detected DRC violations. Specify the extension size to form the impact boundary by enlarging the bounding box of violations. The default value is 20.0 um. During the correction, the objects that are totally inside the boundary will be fixed. Those, which are exactly on or outside the boundary, are immovable. Correct Order Specify the sequence of correction direction, either starting correction from horizontal direction (XStart) or from vertical direction (YStart). By default, the correction starts from horizontal direction (XStart). Keep Selected Objects Fixed Decide whether to adjust the selected objects while fixing DRC errors. When it is unchecked, by default, the selected objects can be moved to fix DRC errors. When it is ch