Lab 3: Layout of 10-bit DAC 

EE 421L Digital Integrated Circuit Design

By Bryan Callaway- Email: callab2@unlv.nevada.edu

Last edited: 9/12/2020

   

Lab description: In this lab, we created a layout for the DAC we designed in lab 2. We did this by first using the n-well to layout a 10k Ohm resistor and then incorporating this n-well resistor into our DAC design.



Creation of the 10k Ohm n-well Resistor:

We want a resistor with a value of 10k Ohms. We know that the sheet resistance is around 800 Ohms/square and that the minimum width for the n-well is 3.6μm. Thus, 10k = 800 * (L/3.6μm), which implies that L = 45μm. Therefore, we can create the layout for our resistor with a length of 45μm and a width of 3.6μm.
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When we DRC this, we get the following:
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Measuring Width and Length:
In order to measue the width and length of our resistor, we can create ruler by either using the bindkey k or going to Tools -> Create Ruler.
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If we want to get rid of a ruler we can hit shift-k. Let's do that and then finish creating our resistor.
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We've added connections to our resistor, now let's position them and change our Display Level stop to 10 so we can see the outlines of the n-tap. We can find our display level settings by pressing e.
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Now let's add pins. Go to Create -> Pin and make sure that Display Terminal Name is checked and the material choice is metal1. We'll draw our pins over the n-tap connectors and call our left pin L and our right pin R.
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Now we will set the resistance with the res_id layer and DRC our design
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DRC_2
If we extract our design we get the following:
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A resistance value of 10.24k Ohms, which is very close to the 10k Ohms value which we required. Good enough for government work!

Implementing our Design with the n-well Resistor:
We can create a layout view for 2R_R with our designed 10k Ohm n-well resistor.
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DRC results:

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LVS results:

LVS_3LVS

LVS2

Now we can use this layout view of 2R_R to create a layout view for our 10-bit DAC:

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DRC results:

LVS results:

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My Design Files Can Be Found Here
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