June 2003

HIPEX-Net is a hierarchical layout extractor. It can create both hierarchical and flat SPICE formatted netlists of the extracted layout. HIPEX-Net also performs ERC (Electric Rule Checking) on the extracted

There is the recent improvement in Expert Layout Editor, the “Shortest path” option was added to Flight line styles (Net Bar). This option allows to build the shortest tree (network)

This article presents an overview of new features added to Silvaco's Expert layout editor. Silvaco has taken a careful look at the real-world obstacles faced daily by semiconductor layout designers

Recent versions of Guardian DRC introduce operations that involve edge layers, either on input or on output. An edge layer is a layer that contains line segments that are edges

We introduce a platform-independent version of Guardian LVS. An important feature of any tool is its capability to operate on various platforms and to support internationalization. Now Guardian LVS is

Q: I have some trouble counting the number of in-stances in a layout using Expert. I have tried to use the Chip Rover feature