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    PVS Interactive Short Locator 2011 PVS11.1.0 Updated

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    The PVS Interactive Short Locator tool improves upon conventional short isolation methods by enabling one-pass isolation of multiple shorts. It localizes shorts found in LVS comparison reports by facilitating the addition of labels without re-running extraction. The tool analyzes short paths, identifies common shapes between paths to debug, and allows users to add/remove shapes and labels to perform "what-if" analysis. This allows isolation of all shorts in a single debugging pass, doubling productivity over conventional methods requiring separate runs and debug iterations for each short.

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    The PVS Interactive Short Locator tool improves upon conventional short isolation methods by enabling one-pass isolation of multiple shorts. It localizes shorts found in LVS comparison reports by facilitating the addition of labels without re-running extraction. The tool analyzes short paths, identifies common shapes between paths to debug, and allows users to add/remove shapes and labels to perform "what-if" analysis. This allows isolation of all shorts in a single debugging pass, doubling productivity over conventional methods requiring separate runs and debug iterations for each short.

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    The PVS Interactive Short Locator tool improves upon conventional short isolation methods by enabling one-pass isolation of multiple shorts. It localizes shorts found in LVS comparison reports by facilitating the addition of labels without re-running extraction. The tool analyzes short paths, identifies common shapes between paths to debug, and allows users to add/remove shapes and labels to perform "what-if" analysis. This allows isolation of all shorts in a single debugging pass, doubling productivity over conventional methods requiring separate runs and debug iterations for each short.

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    PVS Interactive Short Locator 2011 PVS11.1.0 Updated

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    The PVS Interactive Short Locator tool improves upon conventional short isolation methods by enabling one-pass isolation of multiple shorts. It localizes shorts found in LVS comparison reports by facilitating the addition of labels without re-running extraction. The tool analyzes short paths, identifies common shapes between paths to debug, and allows users to add/remove shapes and labels to perform "what-if" analysis. This allows isolation of all shorts in a single debugging pass, doubling productivity over conventional methods requiring separate runs and debug iterations for each short.

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    INVENT

    TI V E

    CONFIDENTIAL

    PVS
    S Interactive
    te act e S
    Short
    o t Locator
    ocato
    PVS11.1.0
    2012

    PVS interactive short locator

    Short Isolation is one of the most common LVS problems and can
    be one of the most difficult tasks for designers.

    The lvs_find_shorts feature works well for well labeled layout (e.g.
    ASIC) or small designs but is poor on complex layout with little
    labeling and multiple shorts.
    Mixed IP layout has unreliable labeling

    Comparison shorts, shorts found in the comparison report, will have


    at most one label. These have to be solved by brute forcing
    probing additional texting,
    probing,
    texting and long extraction run times
    Layout shorts negatively impact comparison results and tool run time

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    PVS interactive short locator


    One-pass
    One
    pass short isolation
    Locating shorts found in the LVS
    comparison report requires:
    Additional
    Additional manual work
    Additional LVS extraction and
    comparison runs

    PVS approach facilitates one-pass


    short isolation for cell/block/full-chip
    designs
    Run time typically <10% of extraction
    time and scales up to 5x with 8 CPUs
    Start
    Start debugging while run is in
    progress as soon as first results are
    available

    Conventional
    Run
    short isolation
    PVS
    interactive Run
    short isolation
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    Debug

    Run

    Debug

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    Debug
    Run

    Run

    Debug

    Run

    One-pass closure = 2x productivity

    What is it?

    The PVS Interactive Short Locator borrows the idea of the Assura
    short locator and improves
    p
    upon:
    p

    PVS ISL is multi threaded: 12X on 16CPUs


    PVS ISL faster: typical run time is less then 15% of LVS run time
    Results of engine can be used before engine has completed
    Ability to add labels
    What-if analysis

    This tool takes the results of multi-label shorts and localize the short
    more.
    more

    Allows user add labels without extraction re-run.

    The user can remove contact/via/shape/part of the shape to see if


    short goes away.

    Checks subset of layers

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    Example
    Three paths between different
    labels have common area
    Common shapes.
    It is the most probable place of the
    short

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    Types of shorts addressed by ISL


    Multiple label shorts
    Engine can analyze the results of a multiple label short and
    localize the short
    User can add labels can be added to reduce this result
    User can use remove feature to separate different cycles

    Simple pair-wise short


    User can add labels to reduce shortest path
    User can use remove feature when not sure of label placements

    Comparison
    C
    i
    shorts
    h t
    User must add labels to then run analysis engine
    Then use one of the approaches
    pp
    from above

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    Utilities in the ISL for helping identify shorts


    Navigation
    Note: itisrecommendedto
    usepaninsteadofzoom
    while navigating
    whilenavigating
    Shapesmarkedwith*are
    partofCommonShapes
    branch

    Resultsof
    LVS_FIND_SHORTS
    command.

    Themostsuspicious
    shapes.Startdebug
    withthem
    ith th

    Listofpathsbeingfound
    betweenlabels
    Usearrowbuttonsonthe
    f
    formoronthekeyboardfor
    h k b df
    navigation.
    Label1 markshapeas
    partoffirstnet.Adds
    label to the shape
    labeltotheshape
    Label2 markshapeas
    partofsecondnet.Adds
    labeltotheshape
    Unknown shapeisnot
    part of any net
    partofanynet
    Shorts remove
    selectedshape
    7

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    Identify findshape
    selectedinlayoutin
    navigationtree
    Shownet highlightsnet
    b
    beinginvestigated
    d

    WhenactivethenISL
    foundnewpaths.
    P
    Presstoupdate
    d
    resultstree

    Utilities in the ISL for helping identify shorts


    Common shapes
    Indicates number of shapes which are common for all
    paths being found.
    Amount of shapes to debug is less => less time to debug
    There are 100 path
    path.
    Each path has ~100
    shapes.

    ISL takes 100 paths


    and selects shapes
    which are common
    for all of them.

    Path1:
    Common shapes: 39
    shapes

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    Utilities in the ISL for helping identify shorts


    Labels

    Add additional labels to narrow the search space and reduce run
    times. Additional labels are essential for pair wise or comparison
    shorts
    h t

    Listoflabels:
    Black designlabels
    Bl useraddedlabels
    Blue
    dd d l b l
    (absentindesign)

    YYoucanaddlabeltoanyshape
    dd l b l t
    h
    inthedesign:
    1. Enteralabelnameinthe
    Labelfield
    2. ClickonAddbutton
    3. Inthelayoutviewerselect
    In the layout viewer select
    locationofthelabeltoadd
    4. Selectlayerinthepopup
    window

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    Torestoreinitialstate
    To
    restore initial state
    pressRemoveAll and
    thenReloaddesign
    labels

    Utilities in the ISL for helping identify shorts


    What-if analysis

    Remove (from PVS database) shapes suspected as shorts and run


    what-if-analysis

    Easy to mark the current shape as Short

    Selectsuspected
    shape in the list
    shapeinthelist

    Pressonthe
    Shortbutton.

    Shapewillbe
    removed
    automatically and
    automaticallyand
    beaddedtothe
    listintheSplit
    tab

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    Utilities in the ISL for helping identify shorts


    What-if analysis

    Easy to remove part of the shape or couple of shapes


    Split box

    Listofshapesbeing
    ignored

    ClickonAddsplit
    boxbutton.
    2. Specifyboundary
    boxinthelayout
    viewer.
    3. Selectlayerto
    remove in the pop
    removeinthepop
    upwindow.
    Note: DisabledONLY
    thosepartsofthe
    selectedlayerwhich
    areinsidespecified
    i id
    ifi d
    boundarybox.

    Restore remove
    selectedline
    Restore All
    RestoreAll
    removealllines

    1.

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    Youcanexport
    shapes to the
    shapestothe
    ASCIIfileand
    thenloadwith
    DRCDebug
    Environment

    Utilities in the ISL for helping identify shorts


    Layers

    Use selected layers for analysis to decrease ISL run time on large
    designs
    Initiallyalllayers
    areselected.ISL
    usesalllayers

    Unselectlayersyoudo
    not want ISL to use
    notwantISLtouse.
    ISLmightrunfaster

    1.

    2.

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    UseCtrl+Select
    orShift+Select
    combinationsto
    select/deselect
    layers
    UseSelect
    All/Deselect
    Allbuttons
    when list of
    whenlistof
    layersislarge

    Comparison shorts

    Comparison shorts (shorts reported by comparison) can be


    debugged by means of ISL
    Comparisonshorts
    areshownunder
    separatebranch
    COMPARISON
    SHORTS
    Usuallysuchshorts
    Usually
    such shorts
    reportedfor
    unlabelednets.
    Net4isnetID.This
    netdoesnothave
    td
    th
    labelsattachedtoit.
    Clickonthenetto
    initializeISL.

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    Comparison shorts (cont.)

    ISL initialized for selected net:

    Runisnotactive.ISL
    requires labels
    requireslabels
    attachedtothenet.

    Warninginstatusline
    indicatethatthereare
    nolabelsonthenet

    14

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    Labelsmustbe
    specifiedmanuallyin
    thetabLabels.
    Seeslide#9fordetails

    UseShowNetto
    highlight net It helps
    highlightnet.Ithelps
    toidentifyshapes
    wherelabelshaveto
    beattached

    Comparison shorts (cont.)

    Add labels and run ISL:


    1.

    Specifylabel
    nameinthe
    labelfield.

    2.

    ClickAdd
    button.

    3.

    Inthelayout
    viewer select
    viewerselect
    shapeandlayer
    toaddlabel.

    4.

    Repeatthe#1#3
    forthesecond
    label

    Listofmanuallyadded
    labels.
    Theremustbeatleast
    twolabelswith
    differentnames

    Oncelabelsattached
    properly,Run
    buttonbecomes
    active status line
    active,statusline
    showReadytorun
    PressRunbuttonto
    getfirstresults.

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    Licensing
    Phys_Ver_Sys_LVS_XL
    Phys_Ver_Sys_Int_Short_Loc_Opt
    Phys_Ver_Sys_Results_Mgr

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    INVENT
    TI VE

    CONFIDENTIAL

    Experience with Interactive


    Sh t Locator
    Short
    L
    t (ISL)
    Example

    Overall values
    GDSII: 10Gb (uncompressed)
    There are three shorts between p
    power and g
    ground on
    metal layers
    LVS d
    device
    i extraction
    t ti run titime: 3 h
    hours
    LVS device extraction memory usage: ~11Gb

    18

    ISL initialization time: ~8 min.


    ISL run time ~10
    10 min (roughly).
    Memory usage: 26Gb.
    First paths were found in 1-2 minutes.

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    Debug: conventional vs. Interactive short


    isolation
    Conventional short isolation
    ~2
    2 hr

    3 hr

    Debug
    of the
    1st short

    Run

    3 hr

    ~2
    2 hr

    Run

    Debug
    of the
    2nd short

    3 hr

    Run

    ~2 hr

    3 hr

    Debug
    of the
    3rd short

    Run

    Total turn-around time: ~18 hrs (2 working days)

    PVS interactive short isolation


    ~1.5 hr

    3 hr

    Run

    Debug
    of all
    shorts

    3 hr

    Run

    Total turn-around time: ~8 hrs

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    One
    One-pass
    pass closure = ~2x productivity
    One-pass closure = 2x productivity

    Details on debug with ISL


    The first paths were found in 1-2 minutes.
    Usually it is not necessary to wait for completion of the
    ISL run:
    Usually ISL run was stopped when ~50-60 paths were found
    (usually it took ~3-4 mins).

    Split feature was used to run What-If analysis:


    Do not necessary to rerun LVS extraction.

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