Cadence DFII and MIT 3DM2

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Cadence DFII and MIT 3DM2

• Kevin Buck

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Design Flow
Design Requirements Topology Choice Calculations
Schematic Capture Simulation Compare and
Analyze
Design Requirements Component Layout System
Layout Parameter Extraction Simulation Compare
and Analyze
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Standard Design Flow

• Identify Design Requirements
• Subcomponents
• Design subcomponents
• Calculations
• Simulations
• Compare against requirements
• Assemble all components
• Full system simulation and compare with design
  requirements.

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Post Design Process

• Layout
• Components
• Systems
• Full chip
• Extract layout parasitics
• Resistance
• Capacitance
• Why not Inductance?
• Simulate and evaluate

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Verification

• Comparison with Design Requirements
• Simulations and Calculations
• Layout
• Design Rule Verification (DRC)
• Layout versus Schematics (LVS)
• Electrical Rule Check (ERC)
• Parameter Extraction (PEX)
• Simulation