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== | == Activity: Characterize an inverter in SkyWater 130nm == | ||
[[https://cidr.up-microlab.org/index.php/Using_Python_with_NGSPICE Using Python with NGSPICE]] | |||
* [[Installing the SkyWater 130nm Design Kit]] | |||
** The SKY130 design kit [https://skywater-pdk.readthedocs.io/en/main/index.html documentation] (still a work in progress) | |||
** [https://isn.ucsd.edu/courses/beng207/lectures/Tim_Edwards_2021_slides.pdf Introduction to the SkyWater PDK] by Tim Edwards ([https://efabless.com/ efabless]) | |||
** The MAGIC [http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/userguide.html user guide] | |||
* [[Installing XSCHEM]] | |||
** The XSCHEM [https://xschem.sourceforge.io/stefan/xschem_man/xschem_man.html online manual] | |||
* An alternative and step-by-step installation of NGSPICE, MAGIC, XSCHEM, and the SkyWater 130nm Design Kit onto a dedicated Linux (Ubuntu) virtual machine using virtualization software such as [https://www.virtualbox.org/ VirtualBox] or [https://www.qemu.org/ QEMU]. | |||
** [[Installing Open-Source EDA Tools on a Virtual Machine]] | |||
** [[https://cidr.up-microlab.org/index.php/Using_Python_with_NGSPICE Using Python with NGSPICE]] | |||
* Exercise: | |||
** Determine the transistor ratio, β, that will give equal high-to-low and low-to-high delays | |||
** Determine the FO4 delay of the minimum sized inverter | |||
** Plot the inverter VTC | |||
Latest revision as of 09:47, 21 October 2023
Activity: Characterize an inverter in SkyWater 130nm
- Installing the SkyWater 130nm Design Kit
- The SKY130 design kit documentation (still a work in progress)
- Introduction to the SkyWater PDK by Tim Edwards (efabless)
- The MAGIC user guide
- Installing XSCHEM
- The XSCHEM online manual
- An alternative and step-by-step installation of NGSPICE, MAGIC, XSCHEM, and the SkyWater 130nm Design Kit onto a dedicated Linux (Ubuntu) virtual machine using virtualization software such as VirtualBox or QEMU.
- Exercise:
- Determine the transistor ratio, β, that will give equal high-to-low and low-to-high delays
- Determine the FO4 delay of the minimum sized inverter
- Plot the inverter VTC