Post P&R DRC and LVS - tools and more ...

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Hi All,

As for the Post-P&R DRC & LVS, - what is checked during DRC, what's checked during LVS? What tools are used?

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DRC - check, that all polygons of your layout satisfy foundry design rules (polygon width, spacing, overlap etc).
LVS - extract from you layout the transistor netlist and compare it (element by element) with original netlist (it is not logical equivalence checking, but electrical equivalence). For example, after routing, you may have some shorts (no free space for roitung), so in the extracted netlist you will see these shorts, but in the original netlist - no shorts.

Tools - Calibre (Mentor), IC Validator (Synopsys) ...
 

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