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You should refer to specific IC layout textbooks for layout design theory and practice guidelines. Moreover refer to your specific technology documentation (e.g. design manual)
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Learning analog layout from scratch could be a pain without adequate guidelines and references.
Good textbooks have been collected here.
Open source tools: LayoutEditor.
Instalation directory:
/usr/cadence/Assura_4.10oa-615
Documentation:
cd ~/cadence/doc
mkdir Assura_4.10
cd Assura_4.10
find /usr/cadence/Assura_4.10oa-615/doc -name '*.pdf' -exec ln -s {} . \;
Virtuoso Layout Editor (VLE) L/XL
Documentation in
$IC_DIR/doc/vlehelp/vlehelp.pdf
Calibre has become de facto industry standard for physical layout verification.
Main installation directory in
/usr/mentor/calibre_2010
Documentation
cd ~/cadence/doc
mkdir Calibre_10.20
cd Calibre_10.20
find /usr/mentor/docs/docs_cal_2010.3_19.12/docs/pdfdocs -name '*.pdf' -exec ln -s {} . \;