SaguaroDoc.tioga
Written by Giordano Bruno Beretta, April 4, 1987
gbb, November 25, 1987 1:15:55 pm PST
SAGUARO
CEDAR 7.0 — FOR INTERNAL XEROX USE ONLY
Saguaro
An Extractor just for Transistors
Giordano Beretta
© Copyright 1987 Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
Abstract: Prepares the data about transistors that is needed by the extractor.
Maintained by: DAToolsImplementors^.pa
Created by: Giordano Beretta
Keywords: ChipNDale, Core, Extraction, Extractor, Geometry Decorations, Layout, Technology Independent Extraction, Transistor
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For Internal Xerox Use Only
Principles of Operation
Extracts ChipNDale Transistors for Core, CoreView, Genista, Jasmine, Spice, and Thyme.
History
It all started with rather complex code using corner stitching and inference in Spinifex. This code did not work. To fix it would have made it a monster, and this just for some tiny transistors. Hence I decided to use an analytic approach instead of Shand's algorithmic approach.
As it then comes, the code subsequently wandered in a slightly modified form in Genista. Until Christian LeCoq said: zis iz exactli wat I need for Spice. So here it is in a separate module for your delight.