Academic Process Design Kit
 CNM25 Edition
 

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Fig. 1: Glade schematic editor (a) and CDL export dialogue configuration (b) for XSpice/SPICE schematics.


Fig. 2: The full set of standard SPICE3 (a) and XSpice (b), custom XSpice (c) and CNM25 (d) schematic symbols available from the APDK reference libraries.



Fig. 3: Test bench (a) and subcircuit (b) for the differential-voltage DSM architecture.


Fig. 4: Main components of the SpiceOpus mixed-signal simulation environment. Custom parts developed in the frame of this APDK are highlighted in yellow.



Fig. 5: SpiceOpus simulation interface used in the APDK.



Fig. 6: Example of XSpice results for the above DSM architecture when changing the first integrator OpAmp specs.



Fig. 7: Glade schematic view of the CMOS OpAmp to be optimized.




Fig. 8: Test-bench schematics available for the characterization of the OpAmp.



Fig. 9: Example of SpiceOpus results obtained from the optimize script of the OpAmp circuit.



Fig. 10: Glade layout editor and associated tools.



Fig. 11: Example of Glade layout PCells available in the CNM25 APDK.



Fig. 12: Example of Glade create path command usage for CNM25 routing.



Fig. 13: CNM25 automatic and stretchable structures available through the Glade multi-part path (MPP) command.



Fig. 14: Usage of Glade layout generation tool for managing matching groups (a) and for automated PCell placement (b).



Fig. 15: Example of OpAmp cell layout.


Fig. 16: Example of Glade DRC error browsing.



Fig. 17: Glade layout view with pin and net annotation examples.



Fig. 18: Glade extracted ERC inspection example.


Fig. 19: Example of Glade LVS error results.



Fig. 20: Example of Glade 3D extraction results (a) and FastCap equivalent finite-element mesh (b).