Laker UDD 301v4 Training

Laker UDD Training
Date:
Date: May
May 20,
20, 2005
2005
UDD Editor Agenda
Overview
UDD Editor Introduction
Shape Creation Tips
Case Study
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Overview - UDD
UDD = User Define Device

It’s an edge based parameterized device model
It’s designed under GUI platform
Provide built-in Over-constraint check and error report
scheme
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Support hierarchical design architecture

TCL based variable syntax
Edge based

UDD Editor Architectture

Overview
Operation Flow
Constraint Evaluation
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Edge-Based Constraint
Rule Finder
Rule Checker
Preview
Shape Creation Tips
TCL Programming tips

UDD Editor Architecture
Tcl Programming Interface

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UDD Editor Rule Checker
Polygon Layout Editor
LAKER 3.0 database

Overview
UDD Editor Tool

bar
Layout window
Procedure list window
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Procedure content
Preview window
window

Operation Flow
Create Shapes Import Layout
Constrain Shapes
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Over constrain error
Debug and Modify Constraints

Rule Checker
Pass
Preview & Test
Done
UDD Editor Architecture

Overview
Operation Flow
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Rule Finder
Rule Checker
Preview
Shape Creation Tips

Valid Objects
Valid Objects
¾ Manhattan Shapes
• Rectangle
• Polygon
¾ Instances
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• Instance, Instance array

• P-Device ( Parameterized Device)
• UDD
¾ Label
• Text

Edge -Based Constraint
Edge-Based
All constraints are applied on edges of instance

or of shapes
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Evaluation Model
• Distance Relationship
Modification
• Stretch
If the distance rule applies inside shapes
• Move
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If the distance rule applies outside shapes
Activate shapes by constraint

All shapes right to the distance rule are reevaluated from left to
right
All shapes above the distance rule are reevaluated from bottom
Move
to top
Move
Distance Move
Move
Stretch (Rule Inside)

TCL Based syntax
Support TCL syntax for variables and Math

exprssion
¾ The value of a variable is obtained with the dollar-sign
syntax.
¾ The “Name” in a procedure constraint can be a variable and
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be used in math expressions by other variables.

¾ There is no sequence issue for the variable declaration

TCL Built -in Math Functions
Built-in
acos(x) Arccosine of x pow(x,y) x to the y power, xy

asin(x) Arcsine of x abs(x) Absolute value of x
atan(x) Arctangent of x sqrt(x) square root of x
cos(x) Cosine of x floor(x) Greatest integral value
sin(x) Sine of x less than or equal to x
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tan(x) Tangent of x fmod(x) floating point

remainder of x
log(x) Natural log of x
ceil(x) Least integral value
exp(x) Exponential, ex
greater than or equal to x
int(x) Truncate x to an integer
rand() return a random floating
round(x) Round x to an integer point between 0.0 and 1
hypot(x,y) x2 + y2

Overview
Operation Flow
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Rule Finder
Rule Checker
Preview
Shape Creation Tips

Edge -Based Constraint
Edge-Based
Design Constraints tool bar

Distance Align
Attribut
Parameter e Copy
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Procedure Fill
script
Boolean
Preview
Operation
script Rule Finder
Report Rule Check
Distance
Return Value Cut Corner
Remove

Constraint Evaluation Sequence
Laker will follow the sequence below to realize the UDD design
1. Procedure Script
2. Distance/Align/Attribute (Geometry Related)
1. Iterate to evaluate all shapes until the shapes can meet the
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geometry related constraints

3. Copy
4. Fill
5. Boolean
6. CutCorner
7. Remove
8. Reported Distance/Return Value
9. Operation Script

Define a Constraint Procedure
Click button to add new constraint procedure

¾ 1.Click desired button
¾ 2.Specify a desired unique name
¾ 3.Click OK button
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Show content of constraint procedure

¾ Click on procedure name
¾ The contents will be listed as below
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Manipulation
¾ Click right on Procedure Name and choose the action
• Rename
• Delete
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Parameter Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Define the global variable
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Operation steps
¾ Click Add button to append a new blank line
¾ Click to choose parameter type
¾ Click and enter the parameter name and value
¾ Click on Avail field to toggle the parameter on/off
¾ Click Delete button to remove the highlighted parameter
¾ Click Expr button to specify a complete expression in TCL format
¾ Click Apply button to commit the change

Example
L1 L2
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>Without Parameter,set L1&L2 L1 1

L2 1
(Global Variable)
>With Parameter,set L L1 $L
L2 $L L 1

Parameter Types
¾ string – an string or an equation
¾ Int – Integer
¾ float – floating point number
¾ Boolean – TURE/FALSE
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¾ layer – Layer in table

¾ pathStyle – Truncate…
¾ Rotate – R0/ R180/ MXR0 …..
¾ Justify – CenterCenter /LowerLeft ….
Limitation
¾ The parameter with expression value must be defined as type:
string and the Avail flag can not be on

Expression Editor
Purpose
¾ Help user easily write the expression with predefine
parameters, expression, operators or functions
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Support TCL-based expression

format

Expression Editor
Function description
¾ Restore the default value
• Click Reset button
¾ Clean the content
• Double click on expression field to select all
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• Press Backspace key to remove all data

¾ Add a variable
• Click desired variable under Variable list
• Click +Var button to append
¾ Add a operator or a function
• Click desired operator or function to append
¾ Add an expression
• Enter the expression in Token field
• Click +Expr button to append

Distance Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Apply distance rule between two edges
¾ Limitation
• It only applies on Manhattan shapes
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Operation steps
¾ Click Distance button
¾ Specify a unique name
¾ Click OK button to add a Distance procedure
¾ Click Add button to append a blank line
• Click-left on desired two edges in the same direction
• Enter the desired constraint name and press Enter

Distance Constraint
Action
¾ Define distance rule
• Click Add button to add a blank line
• Click on the first edge ( 1 )
• Click on the second edge ( 2 )
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• Enter the distance rule parameter name in the blank field ( 3 )

• Press Enter to finish ( 4 )
0 1 2 3
4 5

Distance Constraint --change
change selected edge
Operation steps
¾ Click the option: Modify Selected Edges
¾ Ctrl+click to deselect the edge.
¾ Shift+click to add new edge.
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Deselect edge Select edge Apply

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Example - Traverse Method
4.Reset Traverse Area
1.Master
from modifiable shapes
Dist. Sub Move

Dist. Sub Move
Move
Move
Ref.
Move Ref.
Move
Stretch (Cover Distance)
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2.Search area, from left to right 5.Get sub modifiable shapes,

go step 4 if select set changed
Dist. Sub Move
Move Dist. Sub Move
Ref. Move
Move
Ref.
Stretch (Cover Distance) Move
3.Get modifiable shapes
Dist. Sub Move Dist. Move

Move Move
Ref. Ref.
Move Move
Stretch (Cover Distance) Stretch (Cover Distance)

Example - Traverse Method
<1> Distance W=1 W=1

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<2> Distance W=3 W=3

Mov
Mov e
e
Mov
e

Align Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Align the selected edges to the reference edge
Operation steps
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¾ Click Align button

¾ Specify a unique name
¾ Click OK button to add a Align procedure
¾ Specify align objects
• Click to specify the active edge
• Shift+click to increase the active edge
• Ctrl+click to deselect the active edge
• Click to specify the reference edge

Align Constraint
Operation steps
¾ Select Mode: Group or Seperate Active Reference
¾ Select Direction: Horizontal or Vertical
¾ Click Add button to append a blank line
• Click on desired edge as active edge
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• Click on desired destination edge as reference edge

¾ Click on Name field and specify the name for this align
constraint
¾ Click on Space field and enter the space value of two edges
¾ Press Enter to finish adding align constraint
• The value is evaluated and reported in Estimate field for
reference

Align Constraint - Example
Align with space rule

Active Reference
Space
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Seprate
Group Space

Align Constraint - Example
<1>Align W=1 W=1

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No Move
No Move
<2>Align W=3
Reference
W=3 No Move
Active

Align Constraint – Change reference edge
Operation steps
¾ Click the checkbox : Modify Selected Edges
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¾ Left+Click on new edge to set as new reference edge

Modify selected edge Click new edge Click Apply

Align Constraint – Modify active edge
Operation steps
¾ Click the option: Modify Selected Edges
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¾ Shift+click to add new edge as active edges

¾ Ctrl+click to deselect the edge from active edges
Modify selected edge Shift+click new edge Ctrl+click delete edge Click Apply

Align Constraint – Align to Center
Purpose
¾ Easy to align shape edge/instance to center of edge of
shape/instance
Operation steps
¾ Click on desired edge of shape or center point of instance
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edge as active edge

¾ Move mouse cursor to the center of the reference
edge/instance
¾ Click center point of edge/instance to set as reference
point
¾ Click Apply button to commit the assignment

Align Constraint – Hierarchical Align
Purpose
¾ Easy way to align active edge of shapes to the reference
edge with one hierarchy deeper in UDD
Operation steps
¾ Click on desired edge of shape as active edge
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¾ Click on edge of UDD as reference edge

• Limitation: The shapes generated by Boolean, Copy, CutCorner,
Fill, Operation Script and Attribute constraints cannot be
specified as reference edge

Align Constraint ––Example
Example
Hierarchical Align
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Attribute Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Propagate parameter value to UDD
¾ Define shapes property
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Operation steps
¾ Click Attribute button
¾ Select desired object (shape/instance)
¾ Click on Input Parameter field of attribute name
¾ Modify the value of attribute
• Can be an expression or parameter name

Attribute list
¾ For shape object
• Object Type (None, Stretchable, Solid, Isolable)
• Layer
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¾ For Label
• Object type (Solid only)
• String
• Layer
• Height
• Justification
• Mirror/Roration

Attribute Constraint – object type
Object type
¾ Stretchable (Default)
• The edges of the shape is stretchable
¾ Solid
• The shape is fixed even though there are some align or
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distance constraints applied on the edges of the shape with

Solid type
• Instance, P-Device and UDD are belong to Solid type object
¾ Isolable
• The constraints left to the shape with Isolable type are
skipped

Attribute Constraint - Example
Distance constraint a=3

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a
Distance constraint
a=16

Attribute list
¾ For instance object
• Object Type (Solid)
• Library Name
• Cell Name
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• Columns
• Rows
• X Pitch
• Y Pitch

Attribute list
¾ For UDD/P-Device
• Object Type (Solid only)
• Columns (integer)
• Rows (integer)
• X Pitch
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• Y Pitch
• Device related parameter listsCoLayer,Cow is the parameters of UDD “co_cell”
Propagate parameter
values to UDD

Modify attribute value

¾ Click on Input Parameter field of desired attribute
• Choose desired parameter from
parameter list
or
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• Directly input the string
or
• Click Expr button and write complex expression

Attribute Constraint - Step Setting
<1> For a CO_cell attribute with :
” Columns=3” ,” X Pitchby =$Cow*2 ”
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Without step Setting

<2> Set the step=1
With step Setting
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Cow = $Cow + Input * 0 = 1 + 1 * 0 = 1

= $Cow + input * 1 = 1 + 1 * 1 = 2
= $Cow + input * 2 = 1 + 1 * 2 = 3
Note : The Row should be set to “1”

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Purpose
¾ Assign incremental value to parameter for UDD
¾ Realize hierachical UDD with Do-Loop
Operation steps
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¾ Click Attribute button
¾ Select desired object (shape/instance)
¾ Click on Step Setting table
¾ Click on Input Parameter field
¾ Assign the step value of parameter
Note: Only one of the parameters can be assigned the step value

¾ Click on Content table

¾ Assign proper value to Columns, Rows, X Pitch, Y Pitch
• Either Columns or Rows must be 1
¾ Click Apply button to commit the modification
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Create $N UDD cells with giving R the following value.

1: $R/2.0–($W+$S)/4.0–($W+$S)*0
2: $R/2.0–($W+$S)/4.0–($W+$S)*1
3: $R/2.0–($W+$S)/4.0–($W+$S)*2
…..
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$N: $R/2.0–($W+$S)/4.0–($W+$S)*($N-1

Copy Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Duplicate selected objects with Rows/Columns and X/Y Pitch
Procedure
¾ Click Copy button
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¾ Specify an unique name

¾ Click OK button to add a Copy procedure
¾ Check the option: Modify Select Set
¾ Click on desired object
• Shift+click to add extra object
¾ Click Apply button to commit the selected objects
¾ Enter the values of Rows, Columns, X Pitch and Y Pitch
¾ If you need to remove the original objects, check on the checkbox
of “Remove original objects”

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Note: For shapes, the result of Copy constraint is not an array

Copy Constraint – Example
Remove the original objects
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Don’t remove the original objects

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If the option is not on, the original objects will overlap with the
result objects.
Fill Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Fill the specific region with array
structure according to
• X Pitch, Y Pitch, left/right/top/bottom
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enclosure
Operation steps
¾ Click Fill button
¾ Click OK button to add a Fill procedure
¾ Choose object for fill-in
• Instance
• Selected P-Device or UDD

Fill Constraint
Fill scheme
¾ Find out the valid fill region by following the constraints of
Top/Bottom/Left/Right Enclosure.
¾ Fill the bounding box of the shapes with selected object by
honoring the justification constraint.
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¾ Remove the objects which are outside the valid region.

¾ Form the objects to arrays to reduce the data base size.
Top enclosure
Left enclosure
Right enclosure
Bottom enclosure

Fill Constraint – Fill instance
Operation steps
¾ Disable the option: Use Existing Setting
¾ Click the radiobutton: By Lib/Cell in Fill Instance frame
¾ Click Browse button to find the cell for filling
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Fill Constraint – Fill instance
Operation steps
¾ Check the option: Change Selection and Fill Region
¾ Select shapes which you want to fill the instance into
¾ Select the Fill Type as Contact or Guard Ring
¾ Enter the setting for Row/Column/X Pitch/Y Pitch,
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Left/Right/Top/Bottom Enclosure, Rotate, Justify, and

Magnification
¾ Click Apply button to complete the setting

Fill Constraint – Fill Selected Object
The selected object can be shape,UDD, instance

or P-device.
Operation steps
¾ Disable the option: Use Existing Setting
¾ Click the radiobutton: By Selected Object
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• The parameters of selected UDD/P-Device can be assigned in

Attribute constraint
¾ Check the option: Change Selection
¾ Check the radiobutton: Fill Region
¾ Select shapes
¾ Click Apply button to mark the shapes as Fill Region
¾ Check the radiobutton: Fill Object
¾ Select shape, UDD, instance or P-Device
¾ Click Apply button to mark the instance as Fill Object

Fill Constraint – Fill UDD/P -Device (cont)
UDD/P-Device
¾ Select the Fill Type as Contact or Guard Ring
• Check the option: Distributed if the Row/Column values are
specified by a fixed positive number
¾ Enter the setting for Row/Column/X Pitch/Y Pitch,
Left/Right/Top/Bottom Enclosure, Rotate, Justify, and
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¾ Click Apply button to complete the setting

Fill Object
Fill Region

Fill Constraint – Modify Fill Setting
Operation flow
¾ Modify the values in Instance Setting frame
¾ Change Fill Region
• Check the option: Change Selection
• Check the option: Fill Region
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• Select shape
– Shift+click to add new shape
– Ctrl+click to remove shape
• Click Apply to commit the change
¾ Change Fill Object
• Check the option: Change Selection
• Check the option: Fill Object
• Select instance/UDD/shapes
– Shift+click to add new instance
– Ctrl+click to remove instance
• Click Apply to commit the change

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Fill Constraint – Justify Example
UpperLeft UpperRight
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LowerLeft LowerRight

Fill Constraint - Example
Difference between Fill types: Guardring and

Contact
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Difference
Guarding Contact

Fill Constraint - Example
Difference between Distributed and Non-

distributed for Contact Type Fill scheme
¾ Only apply to Rectangle shapes
¾ If the value of Row or Column is not specified, Laker will
use the maximum number to fill the target objects.
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Distributed
Non-Distributed

Boolean Constraint
<1>SIZE: For all direction using the same size , both + or -
<2> OR: A B
<3>AND: A B
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<4>NOT:
A B
<5>GROW: Top,Bottom,Left,Right ,only for +
<6>SHRINK: Top,Bottom,Left,Right,only for -
<7>SIZE4DIR: Top,Bottom,Left,Right, both + or -

Boolean Constraint
Parameter
Fix Layer
Result
Layer
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Variable
Layer
For NOT

Boolean Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Generate new shapes from selected objects with
Boolean operator SIZE, OR, AND, NOT, GROW, SHRINK,
and SIZE4DIR
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• The Boolean constraint is evaluated after the geometry

constraint evaluation (distance and align constraints)
Operation steps
¾ Click Boolean button
¾ Give an unique name
¾ Click OK button to add a Boolean procedure
¾ Select a Boolean operator
¾ Choose the result layer from layer parameter list or layer
of current library
¾ Press Apply button to confirm the change

Boolean Constraint – SIZE operator
Operation steps
¾ Click on Type field and choose SIZE operator
¾ Check the option: Modify Selected Shape
¾ Select desired shapes
¾ Click Apply button to commit the selected shapes
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¾ Click on Name field and specify the constraint name

¾ Click on Size field and assign the desired value or
expression
¾ Select the result layer in Result frame
• Select the radiobutton: Physical Layer and specify a fixed
layer
• Select the radiobutton: Layer Parameter and specify a layer
type parameter if the result layer must be changeable

Boolean Constraint – Example
Operator: SIZE
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Boolean Constraint – OR operator
Operation steps
¾ Click on Type field and choose OR operator
¾ Click Apply button to commit the selected shapes
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layer

Operator: OR
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Boolean Constraint – AND/NOT operator
Operation steps
¾ Click on Type field and choose AND or NOT operator
¾ Check the radiobutton: 1st Select Set
¾ Click desired shape
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• Shift+click to add extra shape, Ctrl+click to remove selected

shape
¾ Check the radiobutton: 2nd Select Set
shape
• Select the radiobutton: Physical Layer and specify a fixed layer
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Operator: AND
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Operator: NOT
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Boolean Constraint – GROW/SHRINK operator
Operation steps
¾ Click on Type field and choose GROW or SHRINK operator
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shape
¾ Select the GROW/SHRINK enclosure rules
• Can be variable
• Always positive values
layer
76 ¾ Click Apply button to commit the change
Operator: GROW
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Operator: SHRINK
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Boolean Constraint – SIZE4DIR operator
Operation steps
¾ Click on Type field and choose SIZE4DIR operator
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shape
¾ Select the GROW/SHRINK enclosure rules
• Can be variable
• Can be positive or negative values
layer
Operator: SIZE4DIR
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Boolean Constraint - Modify
Operation steps
¾ Check the option: Modify Select Shape
¾ Check the radiobutton: 1st Select Set or 2nd Select Set
dependent the Boolean operator
¾ Shift+click to add shape
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¾ Ctrl+click to remove selected shape

layer
¾ Press Apply button to confirm the change

CutCorner Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Generate 45 degree shape by using Cut Corner function
Operation Steps
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¾ Shift+click to drag a area on desired vertices (area
selection)
¾ Click Apply button to commit the selected vertices
¾ Click on Value field of attribute: Cut Length and assign
the expression or a fixed float number
¾ Click on Value field of attribute: Arc Sides and assign the
expression or a fixed integer number

CutCorner Constraint – Example
<1>Cut Length =0.5 ,Arc Sides=1 0.5
Cut Length
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<2 >Cut Length =0.5 ,Arc Sides=2
2
1

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Remove Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Remove objects from the evaluated result
Operation steps
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¾ Shift+click to add shapes for deleting
¾ Click Apply button to commit the selected objects
¾ Click on Condition field and assign the conditional
expression
• The selected objects will be deleted when the result of the
conditional expression is TRUE (1)

Confidential Remove Constraint – Example

Procedure Script Constraint – Import
Button
Purpose
¾ Import a Tcl file that includes the necessary
subroutines for this UDD cell
Operation steps
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¾ Click Procedure Script button
¾ Check the radiobutton: Import
¾ Click Browse button to choose the desired Tcl script or
directly enter the file name
¾ Click OK button to load the Tcl script

Procedure Script Constraint – Modify/Dump
Operation flow for Modify

¾ Click Modify button
¾ Modify the desired tcl script file name
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Operation flow for Dump

¾ Click Dump button
¾ Check the radiobutton: Dump
¾ Specify the desired tcl script file name
¾ Click OK button
• Laker will dump the Procedure Script content as a file

Procedure Script Constraint – Viewing
Operation flow for Viewing
¾ Click desired procedure name
• Laker will popup a viewer to view the selected subroutine
¾ Click Close button to close the viewer
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Operation Script Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Define the Tcl-based commands to perform specific
tasks that cann’t be done by existing procedures
Operation steps
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¾ Click Operation Script button

Operation Script Constraint – Modify/Dump
Operation flow for Modify

¾ Click Modify button
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¾ Click OK button to load the script
Operation flow for Dump

¾ Click Dump button
¾ Check the radiobutton: Dump
¾ Specify the desired tcl script file name
¾ Click OK button
• Laker will dump the Procedure Script content as a file

Operation Script Constraint – Viewing
Operation flow for Viewing

¾ Click Viewing button
¾ Check the radiobutton: Viewing
¾ Click OK button
• Laker will popup an editor and load the Tcl script for viewing
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and editing
¾ Click Save button to save into disk
¾ Click Close button to close this editor

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Reported Distance Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Define the variable to report the space between two
edges
Operation steps
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¾ Click Reported Distance button
¾ Click OK button to add a Reported Distance procedure
¾ Click Add button to append a blank distance constraint
• Click on the desired two edges
• Enter the desired constraint name
¾ Click Save button to write to disk

Return Value Constraint
Button
Purpose
¾ Define the variable to report the calculated value for the
test line documentation
Operation flow
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¾ Click Return Value button
¾ Click Add button to append a blank parameter name
• Enter the desired constraint name
• Write the expression
Note:
The values of the Return Value parameter can be verified by
pressing
F3 on Preview window
Reported Distance Constraint – Example
Report_w =3
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W=2
Report_w =5
W=4

Return Value Constraint – Example
W
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CA_Col=7
CA_Num=($W-$CW-2*$OD_CA_Enc)/($CW+$CS)+1=7.5
CA_Col=int($CA_Num)=7

Rule Checker
Button
Purpose
¾ Report the ambiguous constraints, typo or undefined
parameters
Operation steps
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¾ Click Check button
• Popup report form to list all over constraint problems
• Keep silent if there is no warning or fatal errors
¾ Click on the problem in the dialog box
The related edges and rule name will be highlighted in
layout window
¾ Click rule name in layout window to view the constraint
¾ Verify the problem and fix it if necessary

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Rule Finder
Button
Purpose
¾ Report the detail constraints on selected shape
Procedure
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¾ Click button to toggle on

¾ Select the desired shape
• The constraints related to the selected object show on the
screen
¾ Click desired constraint on layout window
• The constraints related to the selected rule are listed for
choice
¾ Click desired rule from the Rule Finder form
¾ Verify the constraint setting
¾ Click button to toggle off
Rule Finder – Example
<1>Click on Rule
<4>Select the Finder <2>Click the edge
Procedure
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<3>Click which you

<5> Rule Find !
want to find

Preview
Button
Purpose
¾ Evaluate the UDD and show the final layout pattern
Operation steps
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¾ Click Preview button

¾ Press F3 on preview area to popup UDD Preview window
¾ Modify the parameter values and click Apply to get new
evaluation result
¾ Click Preview button or press ESC to Close Preview window

Preview – Example
2.Modify
the
values
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1.Press F3 here to
popup
the preview form
3.Modify the values and click Apply to see the

change

Preview - Measure
Operation steps
¾ Press bindkey ‘d’ to enter the Preview Distance mode
¾ Click on desired edge to set as reference edge
¾ Move mouse cursor on interested edge
• The distance information shows in yellow tip
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¾ Click-right to place a ruler between these two edges

¾ Press ESC to escape the Measure Distance function

Find
Purpose
¾ Search the constraint setting by giving keyword
Operation steps
¾ Select menu: UDDÆParameterÆFind
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¾ Enter the keyword in Find field

¾ Check the radiobutton: All or Option to find on certain
procedures
¾ UnCheck the option: Highlight Rule if you don’t want to
see the highlight on layout window
¾ Click Find button to search whole UDD and list the result
¾ Click on result grid to highlight the constraint on layout

Find – Example
Support Wildcard to search for keyword

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Replace
Purpose
¾ Replace as certain string by giving keyword for searching
Operation steps
¾ Select menu: UDDÆParameterÆReplace
¾ Enter the keyword in Find field
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¾ Enter the target string in Replace With field

¾ Check the radiobutton: All or Option to find on certain
procedures
¾ UnCheck the option: Highlight Rule if you don’t want to see
the highlight on layout window
¾ Click Find button to search whole UDD and list the result
¾ Click on result grid to highlight the constraint on layout
¾ Click Replace button to replace current selected constraint
¾ Click Rep. All button to replace all constraints

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Shape Creation Tips
Shape Creation Tips
Import Existing Layout

Import Existing Parameter
Refresh Device
Shape Creation Guideline
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Define Connection Port Information

Tcl Programming Guideline

Import Existing Layout
Purpose
¾ Use the existing layout without recreating
Operation steps
¾ Select menu: CellÆImportÆLayout
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¾ Select the desired layout cell in the popup form

¾ Click OK to load the layout data into UDD editor

Import Existing Parameter
Purpose
¾ Import the parameters defined in existing UDD cell
Operation steps
¾ Select menu: CellÆImportÆParameter
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¾ Select the desired UDD cell in the popup form

¾ Click OK to load the parameter setting into UDD editor

Refresh Device
Purpose
¾ Synchronize the instance contents of hierarchical UDD
contents with updated UDD cell
Operation steps
¾ Close all the desgin to close the library
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¾ Select menu: LibraryÆRefresh Device

¾ Select desired library name
¾ Check the option: Update Procedure Script in UDD if
some procedure scripts are revised
¾ Click Apply button to refresh all cells

Shape Creation Guideline
Keep the relative shape edges by following the

evaluation sequence
¾ Evaluate edges from left to right, then from bottom to top
Copy
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¾ The copied objects don’t inherit the rules from the source
objects
¾ The copied objects inherit the attribute constraints
Trade-off
¾ Try Align or Distance constraint on edges to get desired
result
Attach label on shape/instance
¾ The easiest way to get the object ids for the selected
shapes or instance with the label name
• Used for Tcl programming in Operation Script constraint
114 ¾ The label name must be unique in this UDD
Purpose
¾ Define the connection ports for a UDD cell
Operation steps
¾ Select menu: CreateÆPin
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¾ Press F3 key to popup the option form

¾ Specify the desired net name, port name and unique pin
name
¾ Create the desired pin shape
• Declare the connection location
You can also change attribute after you create
the shape.
Note:
1. Pin name must be unique, no need to have the same name as
port
Example
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Summary
Purpose
¾ Provide the detail constraint report in ASCII format
Operation steps
¾ Select CellÆSummary
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¾ Click Apply button

¾ Click Save button if you want to have an ASCII report

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Tcl Programming Guideline – Operation
Script
Can refer to the parameters defined in all of the

procedures
Can refer to the text labels that are attached on the
correspondent shapes
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Use $dbParameterizedCell as the created sub-

master UDD’s cellview id
Valid commands for shapes manipulation
¾ dbUDDCopy
¾ dbUDDFill
¾ dbUDDBool
¾ dbUDDDelete

Tcl Programming Guideline
Don’t declare procedures outside device body

¾ The device will fail to evaluate if these procedures are
not defined
• Forget to load some Tcl scripts into Laker before evaluating
the P-Device
64k bytes file size limitation for each P-Device
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body
¾ The file size of Procedure Script can’t exceed 64k bytes
¾ The file size of Operation Script can’t exceed 64k bytes
(limited by Laker database)
Don’t use the Tcl command: source to load other
Tcl scripts
¾ Hard to deliver the library
• Might lost some files

UDD TCL Command - dbUDDCopy
Purpose
¾ Duplicate shapes
Syntax
dbUDDCOPY –figs FigList –cols XCnt –rows YCnt –colSpace
XPitch –rowSpace Ypitch
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Argument
¾ -figs FigIdList Fig id list of objects
¾ -cols/rows X/Y repeat count
¾ -colSpace/-rowSpace X/Y pitch value
Returned value
FigIdList

UDD TCL Command - dbUDDCopy
Example
set copyObjs [dbUDDCopy –cv $dbParameterizedCell \
-figs $contObjs –rows 10 –cols 20 \
-colSpace 3 –rowSpace 2
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UDD TCL Command - dbUDDFill
Purpose
¾ Fill a specific area with giving cell
Syntax
dbUDDFill –cv cvId –figs FigList –lib libName -cell cellName
-colSpace XPitch –rowSpace Ypitch –leftEnc leftEnc
-rightEnc rightEnc –topEnc topEnc –bottomEnc bottomEnc
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-method [contact/guardring] [-justify justification] [-magni

magnification] [-orient orientation]
Argument
-figs FigIdList Fig id list of objects
-lib libName library name
-cell cellName master cell name
-XPitch/YPitch X/Y pitch value
-leftEnc/rightEnc/topEnc/bottomEnc
Enclosure rule (default value: 0.0)

Argument
-method [contact|guardring]
Fill-in scheme (default = contact)
-justify justification Justification.
The value can be
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[Upper/Center/Lower][Left/Center/Right]
(default = CenterCenter)
-magni magnification Size. (default = 1.0)
-orient orientation (default = R0)
Returned value
FigIdList

Example
set fillObjs [dbUDDFill –cv $dbParameterizedCell \
-figs $actRegion –lib Test –cell cont08 \
-colSpace 3 –rowSpace 2 –leftEnc 0.5 \
-rightnc 0.5 -topEnc 0.5 –bottomEnc 0.5 \
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-mode contact]

UDD TCL Command - dbUDDBool
Purpose
¾ Do the Boolean operation
Syntax
dbUDDBool –cv cvId –action [AND|OR|NOT|SIZE] –outputLayer
layer1
–opnd1 FigList1 –opnd2 FigList2
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dbUDDBool –cv cvId –action AND/OR/NOT/SIZE –outputLayer

layer1
–opnd1Layer {layer2 purpose 2} –opnd2Layer {layer3 purpose
3}
-sizeValue value
Argument
-action [AND|OR|NOT|SIZE] Type of Boolean operation
-outputLayer output layer
-opnd1/opnd2 FigList Input fig list
-opnd1Layer/opnd2Layer Input layer
126 -sizeValue
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UDD TCL Command - dbUDDBool
Example
set boolObjs1 [dbUDDBool –cv $dbParameterizedCell \
-action SIZE –outputLayer MET1 \
-opnd1 $figList1 –opnd2 $figList2 \
-sizeValue 0.5]
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set boolObjs2 [dbUDDBool –cv $dbParameterizedCell \

-action AND –outputLayer MET1 \
-opnd1Layer {OD drawing} \
–opnd2Layer {POLY drawing} ]

UDD TCL Command - dbUDDDelete
Purpose
¾ Delete the specific evaluated shapes
Syntax
dbUDDDelete –figs FigList
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Argument

UDD TCL Command - dbUDDDelete
Example
set fillObjs [dbUDDFill –cv $dbParameterizedCell \
-figs $actRegion –lib Test –cell cont08 \
-XPitch 3 –YPitch 2 –LEncl 0.5 –REncl 0.5 \
-TEncl 0.5 –BEncl 0.5]
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dbUDDDelete –figs $actRegion

Hand -on labs
Hand-on
Lab 2-1-1 Create UDD

Lab 2-1-2 Open Existing Cell
Lab 2-1-3 Import Existing Layout
Lab 2-2-1 Add a Parameter Procedure
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Lab 2-2-2 Add a Distance Procedure

Lab 2-2-3 Add a Align Procedure
Lab 2-2-4 Add a Copy Procedure
Lab 2-2-5 Add a Fill Procedure
Lab 2-2-6 Add a Boolean Procedure

Lab 22-1-1
-1 -1 Create UDD
Purpose
¾ Understand how to create a UDD
Steps
¾ Create a new device
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• Select Cell -> UDD -> New UDD

• Specify library name
• Specify cell name
• Click OK to create new UDD

Lab 22-1-1
-1 -1 Create UDD
Result
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Lab 22-1-2
-1 -2 Open Existing Cell
Steps
¾ Open existing UDD
• Select File -> Open in Laker main window
– Select library demo
– Select test structure cell meander
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– Click OK button
¾ Save design
• Select Cell ->Save
• Select Cell ->Save As
¾ Close UDD window
• Select Cell ->Close

Lab 22-1-2
-1 -2 Open Existing Cell
Result
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Lab 22-1-3
-1 -3 Import Existing Layout
Purpose
¾ Reuse the existing layout for UDD creation
Steps
¾ Select Cell -> Import on UDD window
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¾ Specify library demo and cell mos_layout

¾ Click OK to Import layout database to UDD window

Lab 22-1-3
-1 -3 Import Existing Layout
Result
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Lab 22-2-1
-2 -1 Add a Parameter
Procedure
Purpose
¾ Define parameters for structure creation
Steps
¾ Click Parameter button
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• Give the parameter name vars and click OK button

¾ Click Add button to add a blank line
¾ Click on field
• Type and choose the type from popup
list
• Name and enter the parameter name
• Default and enter the default value
¾ Check the field: Avail off if the parameter is only used
internally
¾ Click Save button and save to disk
Lab 22-2-2
-2 -2 Add a Distance
Procedure
Purpose
¾ Apply the distance rules on the specific edges
Steps
¾ Click Distance button
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¾ Click Add button and move mouse cursor on layout

window
¾ Left-click two edges in the same horizontal or vertical
direction
¾ Enter the unique parameter name
¾ Click on Value field and enter the desired value,
parameter name or expression
¾ Press ENTER key to finish the input
¾ Click Modify button to confirm the change
Lab 22-2-2
-2 -2 Add a Distance
Procedure
Result
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Lab 22-2-3
-2 -3 Add a Align Procedure
Purpose
¾ Apply the Align rules on the specific edges and see the
difference between Distance and Align procedures
Steps
¾ Click Align button
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¾ Click Add button and move mouse cursor on layout

window
¾ Left-click two edges in the same horizontal or vertical
direction
¾ Enter the unique parameter name
¾ Click Modify button to confirm the change

Lab 22-2-3
-2 -3 Add a Align Procedure
Result
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Lab 22-2-4
-2 -4 Add a Copy Procedure
Purpose
¾ Define the Copy scheme on the selected shapes
Steps
¾ Click Copy button
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¾ Click on shape(object) to select as the object for Copy
¾ Click Modify button to commit the selected shape
• Enter the values for Columns, Rows, X Pitch and Y Pitch
¾ Click Modify button to commit the change

Lab 22-2-4
-2 -4 Add a Copy Procedure
Result
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Lab 22-2-5
-2 -5 Add a Fill Procedure
Purpose
¾ Define the Fill scheme on the selected shape and fill
with an instance
Steps
¾ Click Fill button
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¾ Check the option: Change Fill Region

¾ Click on shape(object) to select as the object for Fill
¾ Specify the library and cell names in Fill Instance
¾ Specify the Fill Type as Contact or Guard Ring
¾ Click on Value field and enter the desired value or
parameter
¾ Click Modify button to commit the change
Lab 22-2-5
-2 -5 Add a Fill Procedure
Result
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Lab 22-2-6
-2 -6 Add a Boolean
Procedure
Purpose
¾ Apply the Boolean operation on selected shapes
Steps
¾ Click Boolean button
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¾ Click on shape and select for Boolean operation
¾ Click on Type field and choose the Boolean operation
command (SIZE, AND, OR, and NOT)
¾ Click on Name field and give the name for this
operation
¾ Click on Size field and enter the desired value or
parameter
¾ Specify the result layer name
146 ¾ Click Modify button to commit the change
Lab 22-2-6
-2 -6 Add a Boolean
Procedure
Result
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UDD Project
How to create the transistor device in UDD

¾ Import design from Laker database
¾ The names for this transistor port are: D, G, S, B
¾ The contact cut number should be automatically
adjusted by channel width
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¾ The contact cut should align to center of the diffusion

¾ Try to build the hierarchical UDD to reduce the
constraints
¾ Target: Can change W and L to see the difference

UDD Project – Necessary parameters
Here lists some MUST HAVE parameters

W Channel width
L Channel length
CW Contact cut width
CS Contact cut space
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OD_CA_Enc Diffusion to contact cut enclosure

M1_CA_Enc Metal 1 to contact cut enclosure
Please define extra parameters for your

transistor

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Maximum number of contact cut on diffusion

CA_Num <= ($W -$CW – 2 * $OD_CA_Enc) / ($CW +
$CS)+1
CA_Num = int(($W - $CW– 2 * $OD_CA_Enc) / ($CW + $CS))+1
The enclosure space for diffusion to contact cut

OD_CA_Enc1 = 0.5 * ($W + $CS – $CA_Num * ($CW + $CS))

Align two shapes based on center line

0.5 * $W1 + $Offset = 0.5 * $W2
Offset = 0.5 * ($W2 - $W1)

Align two shapes based on center line

0.5 * $W1 + $Offset = 0.5 * $W2
Offset = 0.5 * ($W2 - $W1)

Lab A -1-1 Distance
A-1-1
A Basic UDD Device with Distance Proc

Input Result
Coh 1
Cow 2
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$Coh=w1
$Cow=w2 Coh 2
Cow 1

Lab A -1-2 Distance
A-1-2
<1>Open Æ Laker
<2>Main window:LibraryÆNew Æ Name: UDD_test

Æ OK
<3>Main window:Cell Æ UDD ÆNew UDD ÆName: Distance_cell

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Æ OK
<4>Draw a contact with CONT Layer Æ
<5>
Parameter

Lab A -1-3 Distance
A-1-3
<6>Parameter :
Add Apply
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<7>
Distance
<8> Distance:
Add

Lab A -1-4 Distance
A-1-4
<9> >Rule Check
<10>
No Warning
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No Error
<11>
Layout
Window
Preview
Preview
Window

Lab A -1-5 Distance
A-1-5
<12>(cursor on preview window ) Æ F3
<13>Input
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<14> Æ Apply
<15>Preview
<16>Redo <13> ~<15>
for test Coh
<17> Save Cow
<18> Save as co_cell
<19> End #

Lab A -2-1 Distance
A-2-1
Measure Distance
<1> In preview window

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<2> Press “d”
<3> Click on edges

with Click-right
<4> Shift+k to clear
<5>End #

Lab A -3-1 Distance
A-3-1
<1> Modify Distance_cell
Draw three
new shape
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<2> Redo A-1-5 12~15

set Coh=1,Cow=3
<3> Preview
Mov
Mov e
<4> End #
e
Mov
e

Lab A -4-1 Distance
A-4-1
<1> Modify Distance_cell
<2>In Distance Proc :

Set w1=$Coh*2
w2=$Cow*2
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<3> Preview
<4> End #

Lab B -1-1 Align
B-1-1
<1>Open Æ co_cell
<2>Del Distance Proc
<3>
Align
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<4> Setup
Add
Check the button!

Lab B -1-2 Align
B-1-2
<5>Set Coh=1,Cow=3
<6> Preview
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No Move
<7> Check the different No Move

with Distance Proc
No Move
<8> Save
<9>End#

Lab C -1-1 Attribute
C-1-1
<1> With co_cell
<2>Adding a layer parameter
in Parameter Proc
<3>Select the object

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<4>
Attribute
<5>Change Input Parameter
<6> Æ F3
<7>Set to MET1

C-1-2
<8>Preview
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Change to MET1
<9> Save
<10> End#

C-2-1 Attribute -instance
<1>New a instance Æ with CONT layer 1umx1um Æco_ins_cell

<2>Create a UDD cell Æ Att
<3>Create Parameter
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<4>Create the instance Æco_ins_cell
<5>Select the object

<6> Attribute
<7> Set Attribute

<8>Preview
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<9> Æ F3
<10>Set :
Row=2
Col=3
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Xpitch=2
Ypitch=4
<11>Preview
<12>End #

C-3-1 Attribute -UDD
<1>Open UDD cell co_cell
<2> set w1 & w2 =$Cow

<3>Save & Close
<4> New UDD cell Æ Att_step_cell

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<5> Create a device co_cell
<6> Set Parameter for co_cell

C-3-2 Attribute -UDD
<7> Set Attribute for co_cell

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<8> Preview
<9> Test
<10>End #

C-4-1 Attribute -Step
<1>With Lab C-3-2

<2>Set Attribute Rows=1
<3 >Set Attribute Step Cow =1

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<4> Preview
<5>End#

Lab D -1-1 MOS Project
D-1-1
<1> A MOS by UDD device :
MOS_W Fill with Contact

MOS_L CW
CW
…..
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..
.
MOS_L
MOS_W

D-1-2
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Proc List

D-1-3 Parameter Setting
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D-1-4 Distance Setting
Dis2
Dis2
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OD_W1
L1
W1
OD_W2

D-1-5 Align Setting
1
2 2
1
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3
4
5
6 11
7
8
9
10
11 12
12
13
14

D-1-6 Align Setting
5a 3
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8 6
13 14
7
9
5b
10
4
P.S :Edge 5a&5b are grouped

D-1-7 Boolean Setting
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D-1-8 Fill Setting
Fill Region
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Fill Object

D-1-9 Remove & Return
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D-1-10
Result -1
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D-1-11
Result -2 Set MOS_L=0.2 ,MOS_W=5
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D-1-12
Result -3 Set CW=3
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 UDD = User Define Device

 Support hierarchical design architecture

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 UDD Editor Architectture

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Tcl Programming Interface

UDD Editor Rule Checker

Polygon Layout Editor

LAKER 3.0 database

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 UDD Editor Tool

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Create Shapes Import Layout

Over constrain error

Debug and Modify Constraints

Preview & Test

 UDD Editor Architecture

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• Instance, Instance array

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 All constraints are applied on edges of instance

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If the distance rule applies outside shapes

Activate shapes by constraint

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 Support TCL syntax for variables and Math

be used in math expressions by other variables.

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acos(x) Arccosine of x pow(x,y) x to the y power, xy

tan(x) Tangent of x fmod(x) floating point

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 Design Constraints tool bar

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geometry related constraints

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 Click button to add new constraint procedure

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 Show content of constraint procedure

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>Without Parameter,set L1&L2 L1 1

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¾ layer – Layer in table

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Support TCL-based expression

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• Press Backspace key to remove all data

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• Enter the distance rule parameter name in the blank field ( 3 )

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Deselect edge Select edge Apply

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Dist. Sub Move

2.Search area, from left to right 5.Get sub modifiable shapes,

Dist. Sub Move Dist. Move

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<1> Distance W=1 W=1

<2> Distance W=3 W=3

UDD = User Define Device

Support hierarchical design architecture

UDD Editor Architectture

UDD Editor Tool

UDD Editor Architecture

All constraints are applied on edges of instance

Support TCL syntax for variables and Math

Design Constraints tool bar

Click button to add new constraint procedure

Show content of constraint procedure

Align with space rule

Modify attribute value

The selected object can be shape,UDD, instance

Difference between Fill types: Guardring and

Difference between Distributed and Non-