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Module 4 Generating Scale Factors for Extraction

Table of Contents

Lab 4-1 Extracting and Generating Scale Factors............................................................................. 1

Loading the Design ................................................................................................................... 2
Generating Scale Factors with External SPEF File ....................................................................... 2

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Module 4 Generating Scale Factors for Extraction

Lab 4-1 Extracting and Generating Scale Factors

Objective: Extract the RCs in the design using sign-off and built in extractors and generate
scale factors.

To generate scaling factors by running the generateRCFactor command on a routed design for better
correlation between the built-in extractor and a sign-off extractor.

Loading the Design

1. Verify that your working directory is set to

FPR/work

Start the software by entering this command in a csh window (after you source the cshrc):
innovus

2. In the GUI, load the design which has been detail routed by choosing File –
Restore Design and specifying the file – routed.enc.
3. Click OK to load the design.

Generating Scale Factors with External SPEF File

1. Run the generateRCFactor command to generate the scale factors for preRoute and
postRoute scale factors by running the following commands.

generateRCFactor -spefMapFile spef.tcl -postroute medium -reference externalSpef

Note: generateRCFactor command will generates resistance and capacitance scale

factors for optimal RC correlation by comparing the spef files by native extraction or
automatic running of extraction in higher accuracy mode.
spef.tcl contains as below:
rc_worst rc_worst.spef
rc_best rc_best.spef
What are the scale factors that were generated for:
PreRoute Cap scale factor __________
PreRoute Res scale factor __________
PostRoute Cap scale factor (medium) __________
PreRoute Res scale factor (medium) __________
PreRoute XCap scale factor __________
Note: in order to set the scale factors you can run the setRCFactor command.
2. Close the Innovus software.

Summary

In this lab, you ran the generateRCFactor command to generate scale factors for better correlation
of native extraction with signoff extraction.

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