Calibre RVE for LVS Quick Reference 2010.
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Documentation
Standard RVE Toolbar
Refer to the Calibre Interactive Users Manual.
LVS Comparison Results
Tab icon indicates status: Clean
or Error
Application Launch
From layout or schematic editor choose:
Tools > Start RVE or Calibre > Start RVE menu item.
From Calibre Interactive, on the left panel:
Command line:
calibre
calibre
calibre
calibre
-rve
-rve -lvs path_to_SVDB [TOPCELL]
-rve -perc path_to_SVDB [TOPCELL]
-rve -pex path_to_SVDB [TOPCELL]
Connecting to a Layout
or Schematic Editor
Tabbed Viewing
Results and reports are arranged in tabs. Right-click for a
tab control menu.
Connection to a layout or schematic editor is made
automatically when you start RVE from the editor or
from Calibre Interactive with an editor connected to the
Calibre Interactive session.
For instructions on making a manual connection to an
editor, see the Calibre Interactive Users Manual.
LVS Recommended Rule File Settings
It is strongly recommended that the following SVRF rule
file settings be used:
SVDB File (any file name specified is fine):
Mask SVDB Directory svdb QUERY
Tab groups make side by side comparison easier.
Navigation, Information, and Search
For Short Isolation:
LVS Isolate Shorts YES BY CELL BY LAYER CELL ALL
Fix Suggestions
For Design Fix Suggestions:
LVS Report Option FX
Click a Fix Suggestion
icon in the Tree View to bring
up a suggestion for fixing common comparison errors in
the detailed view. Right-click to view the suggestion.
PERC Results
You can view PERC results in PERC RVE. The interface
is similar to LVS RVE for comparison results.
Tab icon indicates status: Clean
or Error
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LVS Short Isolation
Specify short isolation in your rule file with this command:
LVS Isolate Shorts YES BY CELL BY LAYER CELL ALL
Results are shown in the Layout Shorts tab.
Internal Schematic Viewing
The internal schematic viewer uses schematic rendering
for both source and layout schematic viewing.
Turn off automatic opening of the internal schematic
viewer by disabling Show netlist schematics on
highlighting on the Setup > Options > Schematic
Viewer pane.
See the Setup > Options tab for additional settings.
PEX RVE and Net Parasitics
The parasitics tab displays parasitic results
in a table format.
You can do the following in a PEX session:
Highlight nets in layout and source
Show net information hierarchically
Show detailed parasitics
(toolbar button or double-click)
Search for nets
Schematic Navigation
ERC Results
You can view ERC results within your LVS RVE session.
ERC results, if present, show up in the Navigator. The
ERC results tab is in the DRC RVE results format.
The following keyboard shortcuts and mouse actions are
available in the Internal Schematic Viewer:
Keyboard Shortcuts
Fit in window
Pan
Home
Arrow keys, Page up, Page
down
Calculate coupling capacitance
Export parasitic data to a file:
File > Export Parasitics > Summary Table
Calculate mutual inductance:
Tools > Mutual Inductance
Calculate Point to Point Resistance
Left Mouse Button Actions
Highlight net or pin
Draw connected nets
Draw (expand) cell contents
Collapse cell
Click on net or pin
Double-click on pin
Double-click on cell outline
Double-click on outline of
expanded cell
Right Mouse Button (RMB) Actions
Highlight element
Remove highlight
Other context sensitive actions
RMB > Highlight
RMB > Unhighlight
Click RMB on element
Save point to point resistance data:
File > Export Parasitics > Pt-to-Pt Resistance
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