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SILVACO Expert and its Competitors
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Expert is a high performance hierarchical layout editor with full editing capability, large capacity and fast layout viewing. Expert can be used in place of Virtuoso, L-Edit, Laker and Alpha-SX and provides the following key features:
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- JavaScript for layout automation, parameterized cells (PCells), custom$ Y4 h& J/ H6 j2 d! Y/ g' G& P3 q
editing commands. - Expert supports the (OA) OpenAccess database format and interoperable
5 ^1 p) O3 W3 _: _$ Vprocess design kits (iPDKs). - Seamless integration with third-party industry standard layout verification tools (Calibre) allows the user to browse and debug DRC errors.
- DRC Assist warning about potential rule violations before they are created through distance display.
- Hierarchical LVL (layout vs. layout comparison).
- Imports designs from SmartSpice and other spice netlists like $ Y3 c$ W- D9 f; N
HSPICE and SPECTRE, or work with Gateway to perform
+ e% k2 T1 D5 L5 _( SDL ) Schematic-Driven-Layout flow. - Flight Lines guide user on where to wire.
- Node Probing feature traces physical net connectivity through all levels of hierarchy.
- Interactive Short Locator helps to identify short errors to ensure/ U# s% a( n6 U' L8 @
LVS-correct layout results. - Edit-in-Place.
- Cross-Sectional Viewer.
- PDKs are available for leading foundry processes from TSMC, UMC, 3 d# }" V7 Q% Z. ^2 x6 |6 E `
Jazz/TOWER, X-Fab, Austriamicrosystems, MOSIS, AMI and others.
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