002_antenna_check : Check Antenna Characteristics for Nodes

Minimum Required Version : Expert 4.14.0.R, Guardian 4.14.0.R

This example shows usage of the antenna check.

To check the antenna characteristics for nodes, Guardian DRC provides the following two commands in addition to the connectivity statements.

• Get_Node_Params: This operation is used to extract geometric parameters from the input layer for each electrical node, and generate the result file specified by the output layer parameter. It is to be used as the File input parameter for the Check_Node_Params statement.
• Check_Node_Params: The operation checks geometric parameters extracted by the Get_Node_Params statement on each electrical node present in the input parameter files.

This example can check the ratio between the area of the interconnect layer "FPOLY" and the area of the gate layer "GATE" larger than 100 using the following descriptions:

   // Get Area information of GATE
   Get_Node_Params: Options = (Area), 
                    Layer   = GATE_STM, 
                    LayerR  = GATE_TRAITS;
 
   // Get Area information of FPOLY
   Get_Node_Params: Options = (Area), 
                    Layer   = FPOLY, 
                    LayerR  = FPOLY_TRAITS;
 
   // Check (Area of FPOLY) / (Area of GATE)  > 100 
   Check_Node_Params: 
          Formula = (sum.FPOLY_TRAITS.Area / sum.GATE_TRAITS.Area),
                      Limits >100,
                      Layer   = POLY, 
                      LayerR  = BAD_POLY;
                      LogR    = antenna_check_LogR.ant,
                      LogA    = antenna_check_LogA.ant;
 

Please refer to antenna_check.dsf for details.

To run the example it needs:

1) Start Guardian DRC or Expert
2) Load "antenna_check.eld" and open the "antenna_check" cell ( File->Open ).

See antenna_check_lay.png
3) Load the "antenna_check.dsf" script from the Script panel
(Verification->DRC->DRC Script Panel).
4) Run DRC (DRC->Run).
5) View DRC errors (select DRC->Errors->Load Errors and click "Load" in the Load DRC Errors dialog).
See antenna_check_error.png

As a result, a layer -BAD_POLY- will be created with a geometry, which violates antenna checks in only the left side of the layout, because "FPOLY" on the right side of the layout is connected with the "GATE" layers whose area is two times larger than the left side one. antenna_check_LogR.ant is the output geometry log file. antenna_check_LogA.ant is the antenna violation log file.

To learn more about Guardian DRC commands and their syntax, see the Guardian DRC user manual "guardian_users1.pdf" located in lib/expert/4.14.0.R/docs/ in your installation area.