Jan 30, 2006 #1 J jelydonut Full Member level 4 Joined Dec 27, 2002 Messages 239 Helped 3 Reputation 6 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,296 Activity points 1,730 Can you, and if so, can someone point me to how one extracts timing info for simulation after layout is done (DRC/LVS clean)? jelydonut
Can you, and if so, can someone point me to how one extracts timing info for simulation after layout is done (DRC/LVS clean)? jelydonut
Feb 2, 2006 #2 C coolrak Member level 4 Joined Aug 16, 2005 Messages 73 Helped 4 Reputation 8 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,286 Activity points 1,989 After layout is done we use extractors like Calibre to generate the SPEF which has the accurate RC values of the nets.We give this SPEF file as input to a STA tool like PT to do post layout STA analysis to verify the timing.The STA tool has a delay caliculator to caliculate the delay from RC values of SPEF.
After layout is done we use extractors like Calibre to generate the SPEF which has the accurate RC values of the nets.We give this SPEF file as input to a STA tool like PT to do post layout STA analysis to verify the timing.The STA tool has a delay caliculator to caliculate the delay from RC values of SPEF.