Lab 03 - EE 421L 

Authored by Cody Jones,

E-mail: Jonesc30@unlv.nevada.edu

9/15/18

  

Lab 03: Layout of a 10-bit DAC using the resistor from Lab 2.

  

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Prelab:

 I have went through tutorial 1 and here is proof with some pictures that show that I know how to use the content from tutorial 1.

 

 

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Lab:

 

1:

How to select the width and length of the resistor is by using the formula, (R/800)=(L/W). I choose my width to be 4.5um because it will snap easily in Cadence and allows the ntaps to snap onto the n-well. With a 4.5um, the length will be 56.1um. In Cadence, width=height and length=width.

 

Once you have the parameters for your body of the resistor, add the ntaps with pins so that the ntaps line up with the body. Then apply the res_id layer over the body of the resistor and extract.

 

The extracted layout of the 10K resistor.

 

 

2: 

Since we are using 10k resistors for the DAC we will use the same parameters for width and length as discussed above. It is important to space out the resistors in the layout and to have them on x and y coordinates that are divisible by 0.15um. The resistors are in parallel with the same x-position but varying with y-positions. The pins and wiring are metal1.

 

Example of one pin.

 

The extracted layout.

 

The DRC approval

 

The LVS approval

 

To get the final design directory for lab3.

 

 

 

 


  
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