Can SRoute route to the line shape pin of Vdd and GND?

Discussion in 'Cadence' started by renee, Aug 30, 2008.

  1. renee

    renee Guest

    In my own cell library, the IO and power/ground ports are all the line
    labels. I prefer that in the lef file, they are also line label pins.
    For the signal pins, it works fine by assigning them as line shape
    pin, but for the power/ground pins, if they are assigned as line shape
    pins, the SRoute did not route at all and the Vdd and GND are open
    nets. Even if I change only one cell's power and ground pins to square
    pins that the SRoute will route normally. But I cannot explain why
    does it act like that?

    In the soce user guide, it only said that "it connect power and
    ground nets from end-to-end, terminating at the power rings."

    I checked the solutions for open nets in soce user guide, it suggested
    that it might be problems with pins that have hot physical geometry,
    which I think the line label pin is of this kind. But if it is the
    problem, then, why does it route correctly with IO line label pins and
    also with power/ground pins even if there is only one cell containing
    square power/ground pins?

    Can anyone explain the action of SRoute when routing power and ground
    nets?

    Thank you very much!
     
    renee, Aug 30, 2008
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