Sign-Off (EDI, EPS, Primetime)

Author: Hetaswi Vankani, Adithya Venkatramanan, Dr. Dong S. Ha

4.  Library Characterization – create PowerGrid Library

a.  Power & Rail → PowerGrid Library → Create PowerGrid Library

b.  Cell List File: cell_list.list

c.  Filler Cells: FILL*

d.  Decap Cells: DCAP*

e.  Results Directory: power_library

f.  Hit OK

h. Power Analysis – set mode

i.  Power & Rail → set Power Analysis Mode → Analysis Mode: Static, Analysis View: typical_view, Corner: min. Make sure that ‘Create Power Binary Database’ and ‘Write Current Files’ is checked.

ii..  Hit OK.

iii.  Dynamic vectorless and vector based analysis is also possible. Use the VCD file generated from Cadence front end tutorials. It can be noticed that while IO pads still consume a lot of power, the internal power consumption has altered.

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