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Stick Diagrams
Stick Diagrams
Stick Diagrams
• Cartoon of a layout.
• Shows all components.
• Does not show exact placement, transistor sizes,
wire lengths, wire widths, boundaries, or any
other form of compliance with layout or design rules.
• Useful for interconnect visualization, preliminary layout
layout compaction, power/ground routing, etc.
Stick Diagrams
Buried Contact
Contact Cut
Dep
Vout
Vin
Enh in
0V
0V
Stick Diagram - Example I: NOR Gate
Stick Diagram - Example II
Power
A Out
Ground
NAND2 Layout
Vp
X
a.b
Gnd
a.b
a b
a b
Gnd
NOR2 Layout
Vp
Vp
X X
ab
ab
a b X
Gnd X X
a b
Gnd
General Layout Geometry
Vp
Shared drain/
source
Gnd