1、Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Laker L0/L1,1,2,Agenda,Laker structure,Environment setup,Viewing design,Basic drawing,Technology File,Import&Export design,Others,Customize your LAKER,DRC&Third-Party Integration li
2、nk,3,Laker Structure,LEF,DEF,GDSII,OASIS,3,rd,Party Tech File,64-,bit Database Engine,Polygon Layout Editor,Magic,Cell,Rule,Driven,Auto,DRC,P2P,Router,Verification Explorer,TCL Control,Translator,Dracula,TM,Hercules,TM,Calibre,TM,Verification,Result,TCL/TK Interface,2,x to 6x productivity gains,Ease
3、 to use,Environment Setup,4,5,Environment Setup,Configure your environment,laker.rc file,Invoke Laker,6,Configure Your Environment,Add binary path to the search path in your login script,For C(csh)shell file as below,setenv LAKER,set path=(,$LAKER,/bin$path),Specify license file search path in login
4、 script,setenv SC_LICENSE_FILE,The environment setup in,.cshrc,file,Example,setenv LAKER,/home/tools/Laker/current,set path=(,$LAKER,/bin$path),setenv SC_LIENSE_FILE,$LAKER,/license/license.dat,7,Configure Your Environment(cont.),Suggestion on environment setup,Example,#!/bin/csh f,setenv LAKER,/hom
5、e/tools/Laker/current,set path=(,$LAKER,/bin$path),setenv SC_LICENSE_FILE,5229sps502,#,setenv LAKER_TECH_FILE_COMPLETE_FORMAT 1,alias laker_start,$LAKER,/bin/lmgrd -c,$LAKER_LICENSE_FILE,-l tmp/laker.log,alias laker_check,$LAKER,/bin/lmstat -a -c,$SC_LICENSE_FILE,alias laker_down,$LAKER,/bin/lmdown
6、c,$SC_LICENSE_FILE,alias laker_read,$LAKER,/bin/lmreread -c,$SC_LICENSE_FILE,alias laker_L2,$LAKER,/bin/laker Level L2,alias laker_L3,$LAKER,/bin/laker Level L3,8,laker.rc File,Located in current working directory,Initial environment setup for Laker,Loading order b,ased on etc/manager.rc,Some impor
7、tant sections,Library,Mapping Path,LeoPreference,Setting,UserDispFile=,xxx.dsp,SourceTcl,Source1=,aa.tcl,Source2=,bb.tcl,9,Invoke Laker,Invoke Laker with editing capability,laker,for 32-bit executable file,laker -64,for 64-bit executable file,laker -Level L1/L2/L3,for different packages,Invoke Laker
8、 with viewing only,viewer -64,for 64-bit executable file,viewer,for 32-bit executable file,laker -Level L0,for 32-bit executable file,Invoke Free Laker Viewer,laker Level LViewer,fviewer,Specify the open library,cell,Laker lib lib_name cell cell_name,(Main window will be hidden.),10,Laker License,Li
9、cense,LViewer -Free Viewer,L0 -Viewer (Hierarchy Net Tracer.etc),L1,L2,L3,PnR,-No more support,FPD,Dynamic Check Out License,Laker_iLVS,Laker_iDRC,Laker_iRCX,-No more support,Laker_Constraint_Extractor,Laker_Custom_Placer,Laker_Custom_Router,11,Invoke Laker,Type “laker h”to print the usage,Support N
10、on-GUI Mode,laker-nogui-play xxx.cmd or laker-batch,Support TrueColor mode,Based on the support 24 bit TrueColor OS system,Type “laker TrueColor”to invoke laker by True Color mode to prevent form color conflict,Pseudo color for blinking,12,Gift Package for Laker TCL Script Sets,Laker Gift Package in
11、cludes two useful TCL script sets,L3_TCL,and,ToolBox,.,L3_TCL,Turn on by the environment variable.,setenv Laker_TCL_L3 1,under the/gift/L3TCL directory.,ToolBox,Turn on by the environment variable.,setenv Laker_TCL_ToolBox 1,under the/gift/ToolBox_PACK directory.,Viewing Design,13,14,Viewing Design,
12、Main window,Library Mapping,Open cell,Common user interface,Layer Table,Mark Design,Design hierarchy,15,Main Window,Pop up after invoking Laker,One Main Window checks out one license,Design management,Define options/preference,Message display,TCL command entry,Message display&TCL command entry,16,Li
13、brary Mapping,Define logical and physical library name mapping path in Laker,click,“Apply”,when you finish your setting,(Main)Library Mapping Path.,Browse,:find an exist library and automatically add to the mapping path,Gen.Dir,:find a directory and add all the libraries in the directory to the mapp
14、ing path,Delete,:delete a library from the mapping path,Add,:add a new blank,The library is not exist,the color will become RED,17,Resolve Lib.Mapping issue for multi users in same project usage,Background story,Laker defined library definition in,laker.rc/laker.lib,file,if user works in a project d
15、irectory.When a user creates a library then other users,under the same Project directory,cannot see it since Laker did not sync the library definition on different processes.,Supported method adding a flag in laker.rc,LeoPreference,AutoSyncLibMap Value=true,(default is false),true:automatically sync
16、hronize library mapping data between processes.,false:never synchronize library mapping data between processes.(Previous method.),Automatically refresh library-related information immediately after the library mapping data in laker.rc/laker.lib is modfied.,18,Resolve Lib.Mapping issue for multi user
17、s in same project usage,19,Open Cell,Layout view for editing purpose,(Main)File Open,Collect library information,(Main)Library Mapping path,Click mouse right button on cell,to pop up menu,Entry a un-existed cell name,Laker will create the cell,Red :Edit mode,White :Read Only mode,Yellow :Panic file,
18、20,Open Cell(cont.),Filter criteria for,Library,Cell,View,Preselect,Preselect the partial matched name,Highlight,Click object directly,Enter the exactly matched name,Edit/Read only mode,Edit mode,Read only mode,21,Exit Laker,Provide an easy way to exit Laker.,List all editing cell on it.,User can sp
19、ecify which cells need to save.,Select the button(Save All)to save all design.,22,Undo Limit,max number is,256,23,Backup&Auto Backup,Define number of backup versions,which are saved by user.,Backup your design automatically,Configure,(Main)Options Preferences Limits,Every 10 seconds,Laker check whet
20、her the design is modified or not.,If the design is modified,Laker will save it to,layout.autosave,.,Define number of backup versions,which are saved by user.,24,Open Backup Cell,Open different backup versions,which are saved by user.,Click right mouse button on layout view,25,Open Auto Backup Cell,
21、If,layout.autosave,cell exists,Auto save in specified period,Save the data(layout.autosave),This file will be removed when you save/discard this design.,If the file existed,it will popup asking form when you open the design.,26,System Recovery File,Attempt to backup the crashed layout data under edi
22、ting as a recovery file,Automatically prompt you to restore from the recovery file,In the Cell List box,the recovery cell view is highlighted in yellow,27,Lock Scheme for Multiple User Environment,In a collaboration environment of multiple users,a lock scheme is implemented to prevent overwriting th
23、e library file(libfile)in Laker database.,Library file(libfile)cannot be updated by two users at the same time.,Cell list,which is defined in the libfile,is the maximum set of the library after last update.,28,Drawing Filter,Drawing Filter,(Main)Options Preferences Display_Quality,Drawing filtering
24、method to accelerate,drawing display.,29,Laker Drawing Scheme(I),Pseudo color is necessary for blinking color.,Interrupt scheme,Mouse right click.,Menu file,f DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGZoomAll,intr,Ctrlr DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGRedraw,intr,Z DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGZoomOut,intr,Ctrlz DRAWI
25、NGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGZoomIn,intr,Up DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGPanUp,intr,Left DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGPanLeft,intr,Right DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGPanRight,intr,Down DRAWINGAREAWND f.exec LEODSGPanDown,intr,30,Laker Drawing Scheme(II),Paste Image drawing scheme,RC file setting,LeoPreferenc
26、e,PanPasteImage=TRUE,PanImageMin=2000,Pan Ratio,RC file setting,LeoPreference,PanRatio=3,A B C,B C D,31,Common User Interface,Window Banner-,Display the Opened Cell name,Pull Down Menu-,Most of Window Related Application Commands,Toolbar-,The Frequently Used Commands Are Placed in the Toolbar,Layer
27、Table-,Display layer name and pattern of all drawing layers,Working Area-,All layout data are editing and drawing in this area,Status Bar,-,Allow to type a command to execute and display design information,Window Banner,Pull down menu,Layer Table,Working area,Toolbar,Status Bar,32,Viewing,Zoom Area,
28、Press right mouse button to drag a area,Zoom out,-,Click icon or use binding key“,Shift+z,”,Zoom In,-,Click icon or use binding key“,Ctrl+z,”,Redraw,-,Use binding key“,Ctrl+r,”,Cycle Last View,-The last 5 drawing area will keep in memory use binding key“,w,”to cycle view,these last 5 view areas,Vi
29、ew Level,-,To set different hierarchy view level,The maximum view level is 49.Use binding key“,Shift+f,”,view all level,Use binding key“,Ctrl+f,”to view level 0,Set View Level+1,(,Shift+v,)and,Set View Level-1,(,v,),Pan a specify coordinate,-,Key the coordinate in,X,Y coordinate,input,Zoom,Out,Zoom
30、In,Zoom All,X coordinate,Y coordinate,33,Toolbar-I,Undo,-,Undo previous action,Undo limit is 256.Binding key“,u,”,Redo,-,Redo,previous action,Binding key“,Shift,+,u,”,Deselect All,-,Deselect all selected objects,Binding key“,Ctrl+d,”,Select Inside Group,Turn on/off select inside the group,Select mod
31、e,-,Two kinds of Select mode,OBJ,and,Vertex/Edge,User can press function key“,F4,”to change the select mode,Select count,-,Display the counts of current selected objects,X,Y coordinate,-,Display the coordinate of the current cursor position,User can use it to input the X,Y coordinate during any comm
32、and action(“,Tab,”),DX,DY coordinate,-,Display the relative coordinate to previous input coordinates,User can use it to input the DX,DY coordinate during any command action(“,Tab,”),X coordinate,Y coordinate,Redo,Undo,Deselect all,Select mode,Select count,Save,DX coordinate,DY coordinate,Current com
33、mand,Select Inside Group,34,Input Coordinate,Toolbar,Bind key:“Tab”on layout window,User Input Coordinate,Bind key:“h”on layout window,35,Toolbar-II,Create Rectangle,-,Create a rectangle.Binding key“,r,”,Create Polygon,-,Create a polygon.Binding key“,Shift+p,”,Create Path,-Create a path.Binding key“
34、p,”,Create Text,-Create a text.Binding key“,l,”,Create Instance,-Create an instance.Binding key“,i,”,Move,-Move the selected objects.Binding key“,m,”,Stretch,-Stretch the selected objects.Binding key“,s,”,Copy,-Copy the selected objects.Binding key“,c,”,Delete,-Delete the selected objects.Binding k
35、ey“,Del,”,Reshape,-Reshape the selected objects.Binding key“,Shift+r,”,Chop,-Chop the selected objects.Binding key“,Shift+c,”,Create,Rectangle,Create,Polygon,Create,Path,Create,Text,Create,Instance,Move,Stretch,Copy,Delete,Reshape,Chop,Merge,Split,Merge,Transistors,Spilt,Transistor,Distance,Mirror Y
36、Rotate,90,Layer,Tap,Attribute,Replace,Mirror X,Find,Object Selectable,Layout Mode,Activate,Short Detector,36,Toolbar-II(cont.),Merge,-Merge the selected objects.Binding key“,Shift+M,”,Split,-Split the selected objects.Binding key“,Ctrl+s,”,Merge Transistors,-Fuse the selected Mcells together.,Split
37、 Transistor,-Divide the selected Mcell.,Mirror X,Y,-Mirror the selected objects along the x-axis or y-axis.,Rotate 90,-Rotate the selected objects 90 degrees.,Layer Tap,-Set the drawing layer by clicking on an object.,Attribute,-Show the attribute of the selected object.Binding key“,q,”,Find,-Find t
38、he specified objects.Binding key“,Shift+S,”,Replace,-Replace the specified objects.,Activate Short Detector,Turn on/off Short Detector.,Object Selectable,-Set object selectability,Layout Mode,editing layout mode,Create,Rectangle,Create,Polygon,Create,Path,Create,Text,Create,Instance,Move,Stretch,Cop
39、y,Delete,Reshape,Chop,Merge,Split,Merge,Transistors,Spilt,Transistor,Distance,Mirror Y,Rotate,90,Layer,Tap,Attribute,Replace,Mirror X,Find,Object Selectable,Layout Mode,Activate,Short Detector,37,Status Bar,Command Line Area-,This area allows you to type a Laker command or source TCL to execute,ex:“
40、lakerZoomAll”,“source sample.tcl”,Message Line Area-,Show the pre-selection information,mode switching messages,and other information,Current Active Layer-,Show the current drawing layer,Rule-Driven Mode-,You can press“,Space bar,”or“,F5,”,or click rule-driven mode icon to switch the modes,Rule-dis
41、tance Mode:,Rule-driven Mode:,Snap Mode-,Press“,F6,”or click snap mode icon to change the snap mode interactively when you edit a path or a polygon,AnyAngle,Orthogonal,Diagonal,L90XFirst,L90YFirst,Horizontal,Vertical,Command Line Area,Current Active Layer,Message Line Area,Rule-Driven Mode,Snap Mode
42、38,Status Bar,Support find group layer,Support,wildcard,“?“or“*“,39,Layer Table,Customize the layer table location,Window Layer Table,Layer Control,Two Control Part in each layer,Click-right,button on Visible control part to toggle on/off the layer visible,Shift+Click-right,button on Visible contro
43、l part to make the layer visibleand others invisible,Click-right,button on Select control part to toggle on/off the layer selectable,Shift+Click-right,button on Select control part to make the layer selectableand others un-selectable,Layers are set to invisible and will become un-selectable,Availabl
44、e layer number(0 248),Available data type(0 239),Horizontal Layer table,Vertical Layer Table,Visible control part,Select control part,40,Length of Layer Names and Purpose Names is Configurable,Configure in the,laker.rc,file,LeoPreference,LayerNameLength=20 PurposeStartCount=5,The default value(Layer
45、NameLength)is 5.,Unit length is the capital letter“W”.,The maximum of LayerNameLength is 50.,Negative value(LayerNameLength=-1)or null(LayerNameLength=),laker will adjust it automatically as the maximum length of all layer name.,41,Layer Color/Pattern Attributes,Invoke Layer table,double-click on la
46、yer table,Options Layer Color/Pattern,Appearance,42,Layer Color/Pattern Attributes(cont.),Appearance,The user layers marked with“,”will be displayed in Layer Table.,You can click“,”to switch appearance mode,After modifying or adding new layer color/pattern attributes,you can click,Save TF,to save th
47、e setting in the library,You can dump the setting to be a new technology file,(Main)Library Technology File Dump.,Maximum allocated color pattern,127 different color pattern,43,Define Display Pattern,Fill Color,Fill Stipple,Line Color,Line Style,44,Define Display Pattern(cont.),Color Editor,LineStyl
48、e Editor,Stipple Editor,Display Group,Add Modify Del,45,User defined display group,Whats user defined display group?,Laker support user defined display group in display file,laker.dsp,since 3.0v8,The layer display style with the defined,displayGroup,name.,display file technology file Pan,(,Shift+Tab
49、),Put marker and pan to marker,Show keynote and X/Y,Zoom View:change room in ratio,Reuse the mark data,Save&Load,53,View Your Design(cont.),Pan 1/2 width or height of working area,Use arrow keys,Pan to edge of cell,Ctrl+arrow key,Area Display-specify an area to display some levels,54,View Your Desi
50、gn(cont.),Content Window,Click middle button to toggle the content window,You can change different layout view area by dragging the right mouse button to specify an area on the content window,Content,window,55,Design Hierarchy,Traverse Design Hierarchy,Descend Mode,Edit In Place,56,Traverse Design H