{"id":29227,"date":"2004-12-01T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2004-12-01T00:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/uncategorized\/how-can-i-view-a-foundry-drc-run-in-expert\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T21:19:59","slug":"how-can-i-view-a-foundry-drc-run-in-expert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silvaco.com\/ja\/simulation-standard\/how-can-i-view-a-foundry-drc-run-in-expert\/","title":{"rendered":"How can I view a Foundry DRC run in Expert?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hints, Tips and Solutions – December 2004<\/h1>\n

Q:<\/strong>\u00a0How can I view a Foundry DRC run in Expert?<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/strong>Before a Foundry will start creating the masks to fabricate a design, they normally will do some sort of drc verification with legacy tools. For the Analog Designer, it is always important to beable to understand the feedback from the Foundry. Silvaco makes that easier than ever since\u00a0Expert<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0can import two other commonly used error database formats: Calibre and DRACULA. Just request the error databases from the foundry, and you can save countelss hours locating the errors that you didn\u2019t know you made!<\/p>\n

First Open up the TOP level cell, in which the Foundry performed the DRC run. Make sure that the error database has the proper file extension, then select the import tab on the load DRC errors Dialog. You can now load and navigate through the errors, with your familiar and helpful DRC navigator from Silvaco International.<\/p>\n

Q:<\/strong>\u00a0How can I optimize DRC runtime?<\/p>\n

A:\u00a0<\/strong>DRC runtime can be optimized the following ways:<\/p>\n