Calibre Verification User's Manual
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Table of Contents Table of Contents About This Manual ..............................................................................................xxi In This Manual....................................................................................................xxii Command Line Syntax Conventions ................................................................ xxiii Audience ............................................................................................................xxiv Related Publications ..........................................................................................xxiv Chapter 1 Overview............................................................................................................... 1-1 Product Description ............................................................................................ 1-1 Calibre DRC / DRC-H / MT DRC-H............................................................... 1-1 Calibre LVS / LVS-H / MT LVS-H................................................................. 1-2 Calibre MGC.................................................................................................... 1-2 Calibre RVE/QDB-H ....................................................................................... 1-2 Calibre Interactive............................................................................................ 1-3 Calibre Connectivity Interface ......................................................................... 1-3 Calibre CB........................................................................................................ 1-3 Calibre Verification Utilities............................................................................ 1-3 Chapter 2 Invocation............................................................................................................. 2-1 Before Invocation ............................................................................................... 2-1 Rule File........................................................................................................... 2-1 Layout Database............................................................................................... 2-3 Source Database............................................................................................... 2-7 Invocation Procedures ........................................................................................ 2-7 Invoking Calibre............................................................................................... 2-7 Calibre Command Line.................................................................................... 2-8 Calibre DRC/DRC-H ....................................................................................... 2-9 Calibre LVS/LVS-H/MGC ............................................................................ 2-13 Examples........................................................................................................ 2-25 Calibre RVE/QDB-H ..................................................................................... 2-28 Calibre Interactive.......................................................................................... 2-31 Calibre CB...................................................................................................... 2-32 Calibre Verification User’s Manual, v9.1_5 iii Table of Contents Table of Contents (cont.) Chapter 3 Calibre Interactive............................................................................................... 3-1 Graphical Interface Overview............................................................................. 3-1 Graphical Interface Prerequisites ..................................................................... 3-2 Runsets ............................................................................................................. 3-3 Graphical User Interface Description ................................................................. 3-4 Calibre Interactive Palette................................................................................ 3-4 Calibre DRC Window...................................................................................... 3-4 Calibre LVS Window..................................................................................... 3-14 Run Directory................................................................................................. 3-17 Control Files................................................................................................... 3-18 Text Editing.................................................................................................... 3-19 Interface to Calibre RVE .................................................................................. 3-21 Connections to Layout Editors ......................................................................... 3-22 Mentor Graphics Layout Editor Interfaces to Calibre.................................... 3-22 Cadence Virtuoso Interface............................................................................ 3-23 Chapter 4 DRC Concepts ..................................................................................................... 4-1 Layers ................................................................................................................. 4-1 Layer Types...................................................................................................... 4-2 Layer Operations.............................................................................................. 4-4 Layer Definitions ............................................................................................. 4-5 Layer Operation Classifications....................................................................... 4-7 Net-preserving Operations ............................................................................... 4-9 Layer of Origin............................................................................................... 4-10 Rule Check Statements ..................................................................................... 4-12 Rule Check Comments................................................................................... 4-13 Control of Empty Rule Checks ...................................................................... 4-14 Check Text ..................................................................................................... 4-15 DRC Rule Check Result Limits ..................................................................... 4-15 Dimensional Check Operations ........................................................................ 4-16 Secondary Keywords ..................................................................................... 4-19 Edge Measurement........................................................................................