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Formal verification of a transistor PCell

  • Layout generators, commonly denoted as PCells (parameterized cells), play an important role in the layout design of analog ICs (integrated circuits). PCells can automatically create parts of a layout, whose properties are controlled by the PCell parameters. Any layout, whether hand-crafted or automatically generated, has to be verified against design rules using a DRC (design rule check) in order to assure proper functionality and producibility. Due to the growing complexity of today’s PCells it would be beneficial if a PCell itself could be ensured to produce DRC clean layouts for any allowed parameter values, i.e. a formal verification of the PCell’s code rather than checking all possible instances of the PCell. In this paper we demonstrate the feasibility of such a formal PCell verification for a simple NMOS transistor PCell. The set from which the parameter values can be chosen was found during the verification process.

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Author of HS ReutlingenScheible, Jürgen; Langner, Kerstin
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1109/PRIME.2017.7974143
ISBN:978-1-5090-6508-0
Erschienen in:PRIME 2017 : 13th Conference on PH.D. Research in Microelectronics and Eletronics : conference proceedings : 12th-15th June 2017, Giardini Naxos, Taormina, Italy
Publisher:IEEE
Place of publication:Piscataway, NJ
Editor:Salvatore Pennisi
Document Type:Conference proceeding
Language:English
Publication year:2017
Tag:DRC compliance; PCell; formal verification; layout generator
Page Number:4
First Page:205
Last Page:208
DDC classes:620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau
Open access?:Nein
Licence (German):License Logo  In Copyright - Urheberrechtlich geschützt