Lecture30 Stick Diagrams: Jagannadha Naidu K
Lecture30 Stick Diagrams: Jagannadha Naidu K
Lecture30 Stick Diagrams: Jagannadha Naidu K
Jagannadha Naidu K
Stick Diagrams
Stick diagrams help plan layout quickly
Need not be to scale
Draw with color pencils or dry-erase markers
c
A
V
DD
GND
Y
A
V
DD
GND
B C
Y
INV
metal1
poly
ndiff
pdiff
contact
NAND3
Standard Cells
Standard Cells
Cell boundary
N Well
Cell height 12 metal tracks
Metal track is approx. 3 + 3
Pitch =
repetitive distance between objects
Cell height is 12 pitch
2
Rails ~10
In
Out
V
DD
GND
Standard Cells
Standard Cells
A
Out
V
DD
GND
B
2-input NAND gate
B
V
DD
A
Stick Diagrams
Stick Diagrams
C
A B
X = C (A + B)
B
A
C
i
j
j
V
DD
X
X
i
GND
A B
C
PUN
PDN
A
B
C
Logic Graph
Two Versions of C
Two Versions of C
(A +B)
(A +B)
X
C A B A B C
X
V
DD
GND
V
DD
GND
GND
x
a
b
c
d
V
DD x
GND
x
a
b
c
d
V
DD x
(a) Logic graphs for (ab+cd)
(b) Euler Paths {a b c d}
a c d
x
V
DD
GND
(c) stick diagram for ordering {a b c d}
b