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Innovus PnR Mentor Guide

A 9-chapter mentor guide to Cadence Innovus place and route, from session and environment setup through design data import, floorplanning, power planning, placement, CTS, routing, chip finishing, and signoff ECO closure.

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Chapters

  1. 1Understanding the Innovus Environment and Session: how a session startsBy the end of this chapter you will be able to trace a command from your keyboard to the Tcl interpreter.
  2. 2Design Data Import, Sanity Checks and Export: a judged first databaseBy the end of this chapter you will be able to judge whether a delivered design package is fit to import.
  3. 3Floorplanning: Planning, Creation, Checks and HandoffBy the end of this chapter you will be able to read a floorplan and explain every decision in it.
  4. 4Power Planning: Connectivity, Grid Creation, Checks and HandoffBy the end of this chapter you will be able to tie supply pins to nets and build a checked power grid.
  5. 5Placement, Pre-CTS Optimization, Checks and Handoff: legal cells for CTSBy the end of this chapter you will be able to place standard cells around fixed macros and optimize them before CTS.
  6. 6Clock Tree Synthesis, Post-CTS Optimization, Checks and Handoff: build, then judgeBy the end of this chapter you will be able to configure and build clock trees from an accepted placement.
  7. 7Routing, Post-Route Optimization, Checks and Handoff: from estimates to routed wiresBy the end of this chapter you will be able to route the checkpoint saved after clock tree synthesis, and check it.
  8. 8Chip Finishing and Signoff Handoff: finish, measure, verify and exportBy the end of this chapter you will be able to finish a routed design and measure what finishing changed.
  9. 9Signoff Preparation and Timing ECO ClosureChapter 9 of the Innovus PNR Mentor Guide: Signoff Preparation and Timing ECO Closure (handbook edition).