CS/EE%5710/6710%!Cadence!V5!to!V6!conversion!notes!Digitial!VLSI!Chip!Design!CAD!manual!!Chapter(1:!There!are!no!significant!V6!issues!with!Chapter!1!that!I!know!about.!The!only!minor!one!is!that!VerilogDXL!is!not!used!as!a!mainline!Verilog!simulator!any!more.!NC_Verilog!is!the!recommended!Verilog!simulator!in!V6.!!!Chapter(2:!There!are!only!very!minor!V6!issues!with!Chapter!2.!The!Command!Interpreter!Window!(CIW)!and!Library!Manager!windows!look!ever!so!slightly!different.!The!new!windows!look!like!the!following:!!!Figure(a(0(Figure(2.1(from(the(text(!!Figure(b(0(Figure(2.2(from(the(text(Chapter(3:(The!Composer!tool!works!very!much!the!same!as!described!in!the!text,!but!the!interface!in!V6!looks!a!little!different.!Also,!the!integration!with!VerilogDXL!has!been!removed.!NC_Verilog!is!the!preferred!Verilog!simulator!in!V6.!!Here!are!some!V6!versions!of!the!figures!from!the!book.!!!Figure(c(0(Figure(3.1(in(the(text(!Figure(d(0(Figure(3.2(in(the(text(In!section!3.2.1:!In!the!text!is!says!Add(→(Instance.!In!the!V6!menus!this!is!Create(→(Instance.(In!fact,!all!the!menu!choices!listed!as!in!the!Add!menu!in!the!text!are!in!the!Create!menu!in!V6!(wire,!pin,!and(note!specifically).!For!the!sheet!titles,!use!Edit(→(SheetTitle.((In!section!3.2.2!the!symbol!can!be!created!with!Create(→(Cellview(→(FromCellview.!You!can!exit!Composer!with!File(→(CloseAll.!!In!section!3.4,!you!print!your!schematic!with!File(→(Print...(!The!following!are!V6!versions!of!the!figures!from!Chapter!3.!Note!that!most!of!them!are!almost!identical!to!the!versions!in!the!text,!but!I’ll!include!them!here!just!in!case!there!are!subtle!differences.!The!main!difference!is!that!the!main!Composer!window!has!a!component!browser!on!the!left!side,!and!an!enhanced!set!of!function!widgets!along!the!top.!!!Figure(e(0(Figure(3.3(from(the(text(I!think!the!main!dialog!boxes!that!you!see!when!using!Composer!look!very!much!the!same!as!in!V5,!but!I’ll!include!some!screen!captures!here!just !in!ca se.!!!Figure(f(0(Figure(3.4(from(the(text(!Figure(g(0(Figure(3.5(from(the(text(!Figure(h(0(Figure(3.6(from(the(text(!Figure(i(0(Figure(3.7(from(the(text.(You(can(see(the(new(instance(browser(on(the(left(side(of(the(window.(This(lets(you(select(components(by(name(in(the(schematic.(Figures!3.8!and!3.9!in!the!text!are!pretty!much!the!same!in!V6...!!!Figure(j(0(Figure(3.10(from(the(text(!Figure(k(0(figure(3.13(from(the(text(Figures!3.15!and!3.16!for!plotting!look!very!similar!to!the!V5!figures!in!the!text.!!Chapter(4:!The!biggest!change!in!Chapter!4!is!that!the!VerilogDXL!simulator!is!not!recommended!any!more,!so!the!automatic!integration!with!Composer!is!now!with!NC_Verilog.!VerilogDXL!was!very!specifically!a!VerilogD1995!simulator.!It!would!not!interpert!any!Verilog!code!that!was!not!included!in!the!1995!standard.!NC_Verilog!includes!all!the!new!VerilogD2001!features,!and!is!the!mainline!simulator!that!will!continue!to!be!upgraded!to!new!versions!of!Verilog.!So,!you!can!safely!skip!all!the!stuff!in!Chapter!4!related!to!VerilogDXL.!!In!section!4.1.2!there!are!only!mild!differences!between!the!V5!and!V6!interfaces!to!NC_Verilog.!Here!are!some!of!the!figures!that!are!different!enough!for!you!to!notice!anything.!!!!Figure(l(0(Figure(4.24(in(the(text.(Notice(that(you(are(also(allowed(to(change(the(TestBench(file(in(this(version(of(the(dialog.(In(practice(you(should(not(have(to(change(either(of(the(files(names(in(this(dialog(box.(!Figure(m(0(Figure(4.28(in(the(text.(The(only(difference(here(is(that(you(can(give(the(new(file(a("type".((You(probably(won't(have(to(worry(too(much(about(this(label.(You(should(make(sure(that(the(type(matches(what(you(expect(this(cell(view(to(be.(In(practice,(the(tool(is(pretty(good(at(getting(the(default(correct.((The!other!figures!in!Chapter!4!should!be!similar!enough!to!not!cause!any!problems.!!Chapter(5:!The!main!Virtuoso!window!will!look!a!bit!different!in!V6.!The!main!window!is!shown!here.!The!main!differences!are!that!it!now!includes!the!Layer!Selection!Window!as!a!pane!on!the!left!part!of!the!Virtuoso!window!rather!than!as!a!separate!window.!Also,!there!are!extra!command!widgets!both!on!the!top!an d!bottom!of!the!window.!You!can!hover!your!mouse!over!those!to!see!what!they!do.!!!Figure(n(0(This(doesn't(correspond(with(any(particular(figure(in(the(text.(It(should(probably(come(befo r e(Figure(5.4(in(the(text.(When!you!get!to!page!116!where!the!text!talks!about!creating!a!contact,!you!need!to!substitute!“Create(Via”!instead!in!V6.!The!Create!Via!dialog!box!is!a!little!fancier!than!what!is!shown!in!Figure!5.6!in!the!text.!Mostly!you!can!ignore!the!extra!fancieness!and!just!select!the!via!that!you !w a n t ,!a nd!t h e!rows!and!columns!that!you!wns!if!you’re!making!a!multipleDcut!via.!!!Figure(o(0(Figure(5.6(in(the(text.(In!the!Create(→(Path!dialog!(Figure!5.12)!I!haven’t!played!with!paths!enough!to!know!how!to!set!the!“Change(to(Layer”!option,!or!whether!that!still!works.!In!the!Shape!Pin!dialog!box!(Figure!5.16),!the!main!change!is!that!addition!of!the!Connectivity(button!that!has!to!do!with!the!router!that!you!might!use!later.!You!should!probably!leave!the!connectivity!to!the!default!of!Strong.!!In!section!5.4.1!on!design!rule!checking,!the!dialog!for!finding!all!the!DRC!errors!has!a!few!more!choices!of!what!type!of!errors!to!be!interested!in.!This!can!help!you!narrow!down!what!you’re!looking!for!more!quickly.!!!Figure(p(0(Figure(5.27(in(the(text(In!section!5.5!on!the!Extraction/LVS!process,!the!biggest!change!is!that!when!the!LVS!process!reports!completion,!it!also!reports!the!result!of!the!LVS.!This!is!a!very!nice!change!!!Figure(q(0(Figure(5.35(from(the(text(Chapter(6:!There!should!be!very!few!V6!issues!with!Chapter!6.!The!overall!template!measurements!for!the!UofU!standard!cell!template!have!not!changed.!!Chapter(7:!The!Spectre!simulator!itself!has!not!changed!much!in!V6.!There!are!two!new!interfaces!for!the!Analog!Design!Environment!(ADE)!though.!The!one!we!used!in!V5!is!now!called!ADEDL!and!is!the!one!you!should!use!if!you’re!following!along!with!the!text.!ADEDXL!and!ADEDGXL!are!not!covered!in!the!CAD!text.!The!interaction!with!ADEDL!is!largely!the!same!as!described!in!the!text.!The!wa veform!window!has!a!few!enhancements!like!better!notation!of!what!signals!the!waveforms!represent!on!the!left!of!the!window,!and!a!preview Dview