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Design Rule Check (DRC)

To run design rule checking in Cadence, select DRC from the Verify menu which will run checks and report any errors or warnings in the CIW window. If no errors are found, extraction can proceed to the next step, but if errors are present they must be corrected by finding their location either in the CIW error message or using the layout editor's Find Markers option to zoom to the error location. Design rule checking helps ensure a layout follows the necessary spacing and other rules before further processing.

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Design Rule Check (DRC)

To run design rule checking in Cadence, select DRC from the Verify menu which will run checks and report any errors or warnings in the CIW window. If no errors are found, extraction can proceed to the next step, but if errors are present they must be corrected by finding their location either in the CIW error message or using the layout editor's Find Markers option to zoom to the error location. Design rule checking helps ensure a layout follows the necessary spacing and other rules before further processing.

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Design Rule Check (DRC)

To run the DRC, choose DRC... from the Verify menu in the layout view window. A pop-up menu will
appear. Click on Ok to perform the DRC.

Cadence then runs the DRC and reports the errors or warnings, if any, in the CIW window as shown
below
Total errors found : 0 means that your layout doesnt have any errors. Then, you can go to the next
step, extraction. If there are any errors, you must correct the errors.
Here is one example to find errors.
After running DRC, you may find errors in the CIW(main window) as below.
In the layout editor window, white rectangle area between two metal1 describes the location
corresponding to the error message. You should correct it.
In this instance, we are easily able to find the location of the errors. But in the most case, it is hard to
find where the errors are because there are normally too many errors. If then, we can use some option
to help find the errors. Go to the Verify -> Markers -> Find in the layout editor window. We will see
new window popped-up.
You may not need to check Zoon To Markers option. Click on Apply to find the error location.
From this result, we can find that the space is needed more distance between two metal1 as the error
message said.

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