Top Down Hierarchy of System Design

in VLSI
 What is Stick Diagram?
o Stick diagram is a cartoon of a layout.
o Conveying layer information through the use of a color code or monochrome
encoding “black and white lines”.
Stick Encodings
Color Codes
 Some Rules
 Rule 1: When two or more ‘sticks’ of
the same type cross or touch each
other that represents electrical
contact.

 Rule 2: When two or more ‘sticks’ of

different type cross or touch each other
there is no electrical contact. If
electrical contact is needed we have to
show the connection explicitly.
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 Rule 3: When a poly
crosses diffusion it
represents a transistor.

 Rule 4: In CMOS a
demarcation line is drawn to
separate the nMOS and the
pMOS
 What is Lambda Based Design Rule??
1. Setting out mask dimensions along a size-independent way.

2. Mead and Conway provided these rules.

3. (Lambda)  is a unit and can be of any value.

4. According this rule line widths, separations and extensions are

expressed in terms of .

5. Mask layout is designed according to Lambda Based Designed

Rule.

6. Nowadays,   14 nm .
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