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** [[Installing Open-Source EDA Tools on a Virtual Machine]] | ** [[Installing Open-Source EDA Tools on a Virtual Machine]] | ||
** [[https://cidr.up-microlab.org/index.php/Using_Python_with_NGSPICE Using Python with NGSPICE]] | ** [[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