CONTENTS

• Starting Design Framework II
  
  
• Example 1: Design and Simulation of an inverting amplifier
  • 1. Create a library for your new design
  • 2. Create a new cell
  • 3. Design your circuit
    • 3.1 Placing components
    • 3.2 Connect components
  • 4. Adding Pins
  • 5. Simulate
  • 6. View results
  
  
• Working with symbols
  • 1. Creating a new symbol
  • 2. Using the symbol in other schematics
  
  
• Layout and Verification
  • Layout design
  • Design Rule Checking
  • Extracting the Layout
  • Layout vs Schematic
  • Simulating the Layout
  • Instantiating cells
  • Editing hierarchical designs

   

• Example 2: Layout of an inverting amplifier
  
  • 1. Create a new cell
  • 2. Laying-out the components for your circuit
    • 2.1 Layout of MOSFETs
    • 2.2 Layout of Resistors
    • 2.3 Layout of Capacitors
  • 3. Routing and Adding Pins
  • 4. Extraction & LVS
  • 5.Simulating the layout
   

   

• Appendix
  • Help resources
  • Using the mouse
  • Keyboard shortcuts
   
• Unix Command