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Packaging a prototype die, it is not really cheap, and could cost almost the same as the fabrication.įor an early stage of prototyping, you may want to only measure the fabricated die on-chip with needles. You can decide if you want to encapsulate it into a package or not. The elapsed time ranges from 2 to 10 months depending on many factors. After some months you will receive a low number of dies. In our case, the partner EuroPractice, sums up many prototypes into a Multi Project Wafer (MPW) and send it to TSMC, which is the real manufacturer.Īt the process, we received an email like this: last Emailġ1- Receive and test the chip. Usually, they find errors or they suggest some changes. Once the gds file is exported, we send it to our EuroPractice partner which checks the DRC rules and other aspects again. This is a program, launched and supported by the EU, aiming to facilitate the access to chip fabrication, reducing the entrance costs, reducing the risks and giving support.
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In our case, we are part of the EuroPractice. Then File> Export > Stream… Export to a GDS Fileġ0- Send to the Manufacturer. The final version is exported in Cadence and sent to the manufacturer. An LVS (Layout versus Schematic) with the all the dummies is strongly recommended.ĩ- Export to a GDS file. But it is a good practice to double-check everything after you may make small changes. This check is not strictly necessary, if the previous 3 steps were performed right. Before dummies After DummiesĨ- Last DRC and LvS. Here is where the DRC rules errors for “densities” are solved. This is made, excepting critical regions, automatically with a SKILL script. During the fabrication, it is desired that all the layers are more or less equally filled. The previously chip layout does not fill the 100% of each metal layer. Floor Planning of the blockħ- Dummy filling. Also, the number of pins and the pin-out is defined. Also if the chip is composed of various blocks, here they are put together. The electric pads are connected to the previously designed block. For example, long wires in a single metal layer are not desired or vias from the top layer directly to the gate of a transistor neither.Ħ- Floor Planning. After both checks (DRC and LvS) are passed, these rules ensure that the chip can be manufactured properly without technical problems. After LVSĥ- Pass the antenna and Bonding Wire rules.
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Here is where the possible electric shorts are found. The connections between components are exactly as it is drawn in the schematic. Here the Layout is compared versus the Schematic. Layers densities (labelled as ‘R’) are ignored here because they are going to be solved later, as it can be seen in the pic below. In this check rules for a proper layout are checked, like space between polygon of the same layers or layers densities.
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Calibre is a software from Mentor Grpahics and not from Cadence. This test is performed usually with the tool Calibre, which is fully integrated in Cadence Layout Environment. Matched transistors or devices need special care and some additional structures have to be added like guard rings or dummies.ģ- DRC Check. Transistors have a more complex structure with doping regions, metals and poly layers.Īll the devices are set together and routed following the schematic connections. For example, a resistor is a long wire of POLY, a MIM capacitor is two metal layer with an insulator in between. When fabricating the circuit, each electronic device has a physical structure in real life. On the picture below, you can see a small example of how a simple Cadence schematic looks like: Example of a Cadence schematicĢ- Layout generation. Ensure that all the simulation are correct and the circuit behaves as desired. Some of the previous steps are here described a bit more in detail:ġ- Design of the circuit schematic in Cadence Virtuoso. Although the time needed can vary a lot between different projects and companies, this will give you an approximation.
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In the next flow diagram, you have an overview of the full design process for analog integrated circuits with an average estimation of the necessary time for each step. Research institutes and universities, usually, only can afford 1 to 3 tape out per year. Therefore, it is very important for the designers to ensure a good tape out, without re-design iterations if possible.Ĭompanies want to reduce their time-to-market to lunch new products reducing costs. Tape-out a chip prototype is a very costly and long process. Fabricate a prototype of a chip is expensive and it needs from several months up to 1 year to be finished.