Creating a library and cell views

Authors: Jihoon Jeong, Shaver Deyerle, Justin Cartwright, Dr. Dong S. Ha

In this section you will learn how to create your library and a schematic/cell view to simulate a simple RLC network.

NOTES: You SHOULD visit this link first to learn how to setup your Cadence environment in CVL. If you have completed what the website explains, you are ready to continue this tutorial.

1. From the File Menu in Library Manager, click on File->New->Library (Fig. 1).

Figure 1. Library Manager

2. A New Library dialog-box will appear. Enter a library name (I named "tutorial" and you can replace it with your library name.) and hit OK. (Fig. 2)

Figure 2. New Library dialog-box

3. As you hit OK, a new dialog-box appears. Check the box corresponding to "Attach to an existing techfile" and hit OK as shown in Fig. 3

Figure 3. Technology File for New Library File dialog-box

4. A new dialog-box will pop-up and ask you attach a technology file to the new design library. Click on the drop down list for the "Technology Library" and choose tsmc18rf. (Fig. 4)

Figure 4. Attach Design Library to Technology File dialog-box

5. Now, you should be able to see "tutorial" (you named) library on the list of libraries in Library Manager. Next, select "tutorial" library in Library Manager and click on File ->New->Cell View in the Menu. A new Create New File dialog-box will appear. (Fig. 5) Type in a new Cell Name (I named "Lmatch" and you can replace it with your cell view name.) and make sure that View Name is "Schematic" and Tool is selected as "Composer-Schematic" and Library Name is "tutorial". Hit OK and a Virtuoso Schematic Editing window will open up.

Figure 5. Create New Cell dialog-box

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