Calibre LVS - ports in layout are not recognised

[bsrin]

Calibre LVS

HI ALL,
I am using IBM PDK in IC 6.1.3 virtuoso. While Running LVS using Calibre tool , the Ports in layout are not Recognised and giving mismatch - 0 ports in layout and 5 ports in schematic. Can anybody advice me for this problem . In layout I am creating Ports using same layer ("M1" "pin").

Thanks in Advance

 

[eecs4ever]

Calibre LVS

Try this:

when you make a pin, there is a box you can check to enable the label layer. I think it might be called "show text label" , and then attach a label layer with the pin name to the pin.

So for example, if your pin is called Vin. You should make a pin (shape, rectangle) on the M1 draw layer, and then attach a M1 lbl layer with "Vin" to the pin shape, the label shoudl be attached within the boundarys of the pin shape.

 

[Teddy]

Calibre LVS

Calibre port recognition is based on label origin on the metal line. Check the documentation (calibre deck) for correct layer usage.

 

[bsrin]

Re: Calibre LVS

Thanks Teddy,
Yes , I got it. Now lvs recognising ports . Its all due to different layer i.e, I have to use M1 "ll" layer.
Thanks once again.

 

[kumar_eee]

Re: Calibre LVS

It depends on the rule file that you are using. some time you need to have M1 Label or M1 pin layer to identify the ports.

 

[pvvikas]

Re: Calibre LVS

Try this:

when you make a pin, there is a box you can check to enable the label layer. I think it might be called "show text label" , and then attach a label layer with the pin name to the pin.

So for example, if your pin is called Vin. You should make a pin (shape, rectangle) on the M1 draw layer, and then attach a M1 lbl layer with "Vin" to the pin shape, the label shoudl be attached within the boundarys of the pin shape.

Thank you so much eecs4ever. I too had the same problem before and had spent a really long time thinking about it.

Thanks
Vikas