Merge pull request #139 from riking/patch-2
glossary: Add suggestions from Slack
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.. Companies
.. glossary::
-
SkyWater
SkyWater Technology
`SkyWater Technology <https://www.SkyWatertechnology.com/>`_
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Mentor
Mentor Graphics
- `Mentor, a Siemens Business is a US-based electronic design automation (EDA) multinational corporation for electrical engineering and electronics. <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_Graphics>`
+ `Mentor, a Siemens Business <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor_Graphics>`_
+ is a US-based electronic design automation (EDA) multinational
+ corporation for electrical engineering and electronics.
OSU
Oklahoma State University
+
+ VSD
+ VLSI System Design
+ `VLSI System Design <https://www.vlsisystemdesign.com/>`_
.. Acronyms
.. glossary::
-
sc
Standard Cell
The basic building blocks of digital circuit design.
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ce
Memory Core
+ Antenna Rule Violations
+ During manufacturing, a static charge can build up on the currently-
+ topmost metal layer, and destroy the chip if there is no path to the
+ substrate for this charge to bleed off during layer deposition. The
+ Antenna Rule ensures that each metal layer has a route to diffusion.
+
+ CIF
+ Caltech Intermediate Form
+ From the 1990's, the CIF format has largely been replaced by the GDS
+ format.
+
+ CCS
+ ECSM
+ Current Source Models
+
DRC
Design Rule Check
Design Rule Checking
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physical layout of a particular chip layout satisfies a series of
required parameters called design rules.
+ ESD
+ Electro-Static Discharge (protection from)
+ Circuit elements, especially on I/O pins, intended to protect the circuit
+ from the effects of `electrostatic discharge <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_discharge/>`_.
+
LVS
Layout Verse Schematic
Layout Versus Schematic (LVS) verification is the process of determining
whether a particular integrated circuit layout corresponds to the
original :ref:`schematic` or :ref:`circuit diagram` of the design.
- PEX
- Parasitic Extraction
- Parasitic extraction is calculation of the parasitic effects in both the
- designed devices and the required wiring interconnects of an electronic
- circuit. This includes all parasitic components (often called parasitic
- devices) including parasitic;
-
- * capacitances,
- * resistances, and
- * inductances.
-
- NLDM
- Non-Linear Delay Model
-
- CCS
- ECSM
- Current Source Models
-
-
- CIF
- Caltech Intermediate Form
- From the 1990's, the CIF format has largely been replaced by the GDS
- format.
MiM
MIM
MiM caps
@@ -97,13 +98,53 @@
The capacitance of MoM caps is capacitance of the metal sidewalls which
is significantly lower than that provided MiM caps.
+
+ NLDM
+ Non-Linear Delay Model
+ OPHW
+ OPen HardWare
+ The movement to produce inspectable and modifiable computer hardware
+ designs.
+
+ PEX
+ Parasitic Extraction
+ Parasitic extraction is calculation of the parasitic effects in both the
+ designed devices and the required wiring interconnects of an electronic
+ circuit. This includes all parasitic components (often called parasitic
+ devices) including parasitic;
+
+ * capacitances,
+ * resistances, and
+ * inductances.
+
+ PNR
+ Place aNd Route
+ The process of laying out the standard design cells on the 2D plane of the
+ chip and connecting their corresponding inputs and outputs. Theoretically
+ equivalent to the "Travelling Salesman Problem," and therefore the subject
+ of much research.
+
+ STA
+ Static Timing Analysis
+ Analysing the timing of a circuit from some level of the design. Contrast
+ with performing the timing analysis on actual hardware.
+
+ RTL
+ Register Transfer Language
+ A source code format that describes the transitions that hardware
+ registers take at the register transfer level, such as Verilog or VHDL.
+
+ VLSI
+ Very Large Scale Integration
+ Producing an integrated circuit in the million+ transistor scale, with
+ multiple functions on the same chip (such as compute, memory, ROM, and
+ power regulation).
.. File formats
.. glossary::
-
.lef
LEF
Library Exchange Format
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.. Tools
.. glossary::
-
Mentor Calibre
The Calibre® product suite developed by :term:`Mentor Graphics`. Heavily
used for IC Verification and Signoff.
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OpenRoad
The digital design flow developed by
`The OpenRoad Project <https://theopenroadproject.org/>`_
+
+ qflow
+ `qflow <http://opencircuitdesign.com/qflow/>`_
+ Named after Steve Beccue of MultiGIG.
+
+ yosys
+ `Yosys Open SYnthesis Suite <http://www.clifford.at/yosys/>`_
.. Terms specific to this documentation
