I have a .tch file which i use for extraction using qrc. I understand that .tch file is a binary file created from .ict file using techgen.
I dont have the .ict file from me. Is there any way I can see the contents of the the .tch file?? (similiar to libgen -ls showing the summary of the .cl library)??
Hi,vlsitechnology
As you said that ICT file is from the UMC fab and .tch is from the TSMC fab, I only have the ICT file,but in SOC encounter it need .tch file,how to convent? TKS
hi vlsi
am not sure of UMC, we generaaly get data from TSMC and the downloaded bundle contains both ict file and the qrctechfiles , and the ict file will be in ascii format whih will be used for generating the capTables,,,
ac123,
am very new to this techgen , wht this tool is used for ??
It is possible to generate ( recover) ICT file from .tch file. I do not rember exectly what was commend for that but it should be there in RCGen's command manual or you can ask for command to cadence support
i was having a related doubt with the extraction,,,,,,
as a input qrc tool,,we generally provide qrcTechfile,,,,, one tech.lef file which contains information about the layers resi,cap....etc, and one macros lef which gives information about the metal layers consumed by the macros,,,,
so my doubt is when qrcTechfile has all the information required to estimate the resistance of the metals,, why the tech.lef file is required ?