Jul 8, 2015 #1 M mult Junior Member level 1 Joined Jan 17, 2013 Messages 18 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,442 Hi, does anybody know what is the purpose of "ref" layer, number 0, datatype 0 in TSMC PDK? streamLayers( ;( layer streamNumber dataType translate ) ;( ----- ------------ -------- --------- ) ( ("ref" "drawing") 0 0 t ) This layer appears in GDS file, which is result of TSMC "DUMMY OD POLY INSERTION UTILITY" usage. Thanks.
Hi, does anybody know what is the purpose of "ref" layer, number 0, datatype 0 in TSMC PDK? streamLayers( ;( layer streamNumber dataType translate ) ;( ----- ------------ -------- --------- ) ( ("ref" "drawing") 0 0 t ) This layer appears in GDS file, which is result of TSMC "DUMMY OD POLY INSERTION UTILITY" usage. Thanks.
Jul 8, 2015 #2 erikl Super Moderator Staff member Joined Sep 9, 2008 Messages 8,108 Helped 2,695 Reputation 5,370 Reaction score 2,305 Trophy points 1,393 Location Germany Activity points 44,123 I guess it's the background layer (because of layer name ref & layer number 0).