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==Inductor Layout== | ==Inductor Layout== | ||
*Begin by starting Cadence and creating a new '''layout cell view''' for the inductor. It is important that each inductor be given its own cell view because we will later be generating a time-domain model for using in future Cadence simulations. | *Begin by starting Cadence and creating a new '''layout cell view''' for the inductor. It is important that each inductor be given its own cell view because we will later be generating a time-domain model for using in future Cadence simulations and this model will be specific to a particular layout. | ||
*Once you have created the new layout view, click on '''Options -> Display''' and change the X and Y snapping to the minimum spacing required by your fabrication process. | *Once you have created the new layout view, click on '''Options -> Display''' and change the X and Y snapping to the minimum spacing required by your fabrication process. | ||
**If you are using a Cadence Process Design Kit (PDK) this setting is likely to be set by default. | **If you are using a Cadence Process Design Kit (PDK) this setting is likely to be set by default. | ||
*Create the inductor layout making sure that it is DRC clean | *Create the inductor layout making sure that it is DRC clean | ||
**If you instance a parameterized cell (p-cell) inductor, then you should flatten the layout by selecting '''Edit -> Hierarchy -> Flatten''' and then delete all of the non-drawing layers from the design. | **If you instance a parameterized cell (p-cell) inductor, then you should flatten the layout by selecting '''Edit -> Hierarchy -> Flatten''' and then delete all of the non-drawing layers from the design. | ||
Revision as of 14:49, 18 March 2010
A common passive component in RFIC design is the integrated inductor and designers are commonly interested in the total inductance as well as the quality factor, or Q. In this tutorial you will learn how to take the layout of an inductor that was generated using Cadence and import it into ADS Momentum where you can find the inductance and Q values for that particular layout. This tutorial can also be adapted to designing integrated transformers where one is also interested in the coupling factor, k.
It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the basic operation of Cadence and the basic operation of ADS.
Inductor Layout
- Begin by starting Cadence and creating a new layout cell view for the inductor. It is important that each inductor be given its own cell view because we will later be generating a time-domain model for using in future Cadence simulations and this model will be specific to a particular layout.
- Once you have created the new layout view, click on Options -> Display and change the X and Y snapping to the minimum spacing required by your fabrication process.
- If you are using a Cadence Process Design Kit (PDK) this setting is likely to be set by default.
- Create the inductor layout making sure that it is DRC clean
- If you instance a parameterized cell (p-cell) inductor, then you should flatten the layout by selecting Edit -> Hierarchy -> Flatten and then delete all of the non-drawing layers from the design.