Simple question.... pins and ports

[ee484]

What is the difference between ports and pins in the Cadence?

If I create pins in the schmatic (and symbol) and run LVS check, in LVS report says PORTS are matched..or so. Which is referring is pins that I created.

I understood the ports as the pins I see on the top level schematic. If I invoke the symbol in the top-level, those pins becomes ports. Is there any other meaning for those ports?

NOTE:
I am not referring to the port instance in a schematic. Those are typically for matching in RF circuits... or input source that has input impedance consideration.


Thank you...

 

[Hughes]

They are different names referring to the same thing.

 

[Fahmy]

ports are for schematics while pins are for symbols.

 

[safwatonline]

same thing

 

[rameshdanas]

for example, there are four I/O ports, ports A, B, C, D,. Within each port, the pins are given numbers. For port B, the pins are PORTB.0 through PORTB.7.