AMI-0.6 Standard-Cell Library for Cadence
NOTE: Newer libraries than this one are available for free at OSU.
In Fall 2001, the ECE 651 students developed a low-power library of standard cells (with height of 76-lambda).
The students generally used nfets with W/L=6/2 and pfets with W/L=10/2 to minimize the power dissipation.
The cells were derived from a set developed and documented as Tanner AMI-0.5u
Standard Cell Library (98-page; 2.5 MByte pdf).
The cells were verified in silicon on the AMI-0.6/C5N process.
Composer schematics can be used to interconnect multiple standard
cells from this library which can then be automatically placed
and routed using Cadence Silicon Ensemble. The resulting layout
can also then be viewed using Cadence Virtuoso.
The library has not yet been installed for use with Synopsys synthesis.
If/when that happens, we will post the appropriate files on this webpage.
The library is described in a set of slides (pdf).
The UT_LP_AMI06 library includes:
AOI22
BUF1
BUF4
DFF_S
DFFPC_S
FILL
FILL2
INV
MUX2
NAND2
NAND3
NAND4
NOR2
NOR3
TIEHI
TIELO
XOR2
ipin
opin
iopin
mux4to1
ruleVia
via12_1x3
via12_3x3
To install the library:
0. Download and install the NCSU Cadence Design Kit.
1. Download the 1.9 MByte file: ut_lp_ami06.tar
2. Copy the file into the directory where your ICFB libraries reside.
3. Untar the file using 'tar -xvf ut_lp_ami06.tar'. This will create a
directory called UT_LP_AMI06, which will contain the library.
4. Open up ICFB. In the File Manager window, click on Edit->Library Path...,
which will bring up the Library Path Editor.
5. In the Library Path Editor, start a new entry with UT_LP_AMI06 in the
Library field, and the path to the untarred library in the Path field.
6. Click on File->Save, and then File->Exit. The UT_LP_AMI06 library should
now be available in your Library Manager window.
7. Download the 42 KByte file: ut_lp_ami06_SE.tar which contains the
LEF file and libcells.v file needed to run Silicon Ensemble.
dbouldin@tennessee.edu