Lab 1 - ECE 421L 

Authored by Ken Adams,

30 August 2013

  

Lab description

This lab goes over Tutorial 1 up to image 10. Launching Electric VLSI we get:

 

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 We can change some display settings by Window -> Color Schemes -> White Background Colors, and arange the windows properly to make printing easier.

 

screen2.PNG

 

Next, we must make sure that the Technology settings are correct:

File -> Preferences -> Technology -> Technology. Use displayed settings.

 

screen3.PNGP

   

We will use the mocmos 300nm Scalable CMOS submicron design rules.

File -> Preferences -> Technology -> Scale
Make sure to "Mark All Libraries" after clicking OK

 

Lets creat a schematic for our tutorial project. Cell-> New Cell

 

 

Swich tabs to our Componets view:

 

Next we want to place a resistor. Select "Normal" Resistor and place it in the layout section.

 

 

We will set the properties for the resistor. Select the resistor and Edit -> Properties -> Object Properties or CTRL-I

Use the following settings:

 

 

Our workstation should look like this with the correct settings:

 

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We will make a layout for this project.

Cell -> New Cell

 


 

Backing up designs:

 

I use .git version control (http://git-scm.com/) for backing up projects/files. Furthermore, git is hosted on my dropbox for additional backup as well as remote access.


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