Hey Jan,

You can connect all vdds and grounds via metal in the layout and export it
at one place. That will give you one solid vdd/ gnd in the upper cell.
I have attached a ring oscillator file. I hope that will help you.

Priyanka.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:07 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Yep, comes up with three errors.  I am just doing a work around.  Need to
> get this done.
>
> Jan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Lincoln Bollschweiler
>  Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:20 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: getting a global plane into a hierarchical cell
>
>
> I got yours. Are you saving the attachment and then trying to open it from
> Electric?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:19 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: getting a global plane into a hierarchical cell
>
> For some reason I can't open that attachment.
> Did you get mine?
>
>
>
> Jan Bissey
> Micron Technology
> 208.368.3066
> WWSD
>         __o
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Lincoln Bollschweiler
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:12 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: getting a global plane into a hierarchical cell
>
> Hi Jan,
>
> I added a pure layer of Metal 1 over the top of your VDD. I connected that
> pure layer to one of your VDDs (might want to connect to all of them??). I
> exported that pure layer. I then made a new cell called NextLevel and
> connected M1 to it.
>
> Take a look. Is that what you were after?
>
> Regards,
> Lincoln
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Jan
> Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 12:58 PM
> To: Electric VLSI Editor
> Subject: getting a global plane into a hierarchical cell
>
>
> I have an inverter cell created in layout.  Node names are vdd, gnd, in,
> out.  I want to now create a string of inverters so I create a new cell,
> called test_lay, and place some of the inverters in there and connect them
> up.  How do I get the vdd and gnd nodes to be one solid node in this second
> layout?  I have attached a jelib for you to take a look.  For example I
> can't get the entire bottom node to be gnd.
> Why do I want this?  Because the next level up in the hierarchy, test2_lay,
> I want to have this string of inverters to be connected on the left and
> right to the adjacent cells vdd and gnd busses.
> The way I see around this is to create another bus in each hierarchy that
> becomes the common bus, gnd or vdd, for that level.  Seems redundant and
> unnecessary.
> I ahve posted a jelib called test.jelib
> Ideas?
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