Maverick and Guardian – Enhancements

Introduction

The latest release of Layout versus Schematic tools from CELEBRITY CAD suite (Maverick full-chip parametric netlist extractor and Guardian hierarchical netlist comparator) delivers a number of significant advances. The engines of both tools were tuned up to achieve essential reduction of running time while processing huge designs. Maverick and Guardian became integrated more with other CELEBRITY systems. They provide extended setups that are easily customized, and offer new functions that serve to achieve better precision for parameter extraction. Maverick and Guardian reduce the number of verification/ modification iterations.

LVS Cross-View Navigator

LVS Cross-View Navigator provides easy and convenient way to analyze the results of the LVS run and to make necessary corrections in the design. Using this tool (Figure 1) makes it possible to view all nodes mentioned in reports directly on layout and schematic graphical views from the perspective of both netlists (extracted from layout and derived from schematic) involved in comparison.