Procedure to create a Lef file

Batch members
Kuruba Sai Krishna kanth-20MVD1063
Pobbathi Nithin Kumar -20MVD1076
Ankit Pachouri -20MVD1080
Objective
• Understand need of .lef file
• Overview of .lef file
• Generate .lef file using virtuoso and abstract generator tools
• Post processing of .lef file
About LEF
• LEF stands for Library Exchange Format
• Abstract description of layout of PAR
• Readable ASCII format
• Contains only PINS and Metal information for connecting
• Does not contain information about n-well,poly,diffusion etc
About LEF
• LEF has two parts
(i)Header Part
contains technology info
(ii)Cell Descriptive part
Standard cell Information
LEF file generation
• Virtuoso is used to generate Header part of Lef file
• Abstract is used to generate Cell descriptive part of Lef file
General Methodology
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