Characterize Level-shifter - It can't get simpler than this

Published: Sat, 04/07/18

Let’s see how

Click on “Create Demo” as shown in below image:

Then it will say, it has been added to “My Lib”. Click the blue cross in below image under “ADD” column:

This means it’s now part of your library. And below is what you would see. But there is a second stage you need to do

You need to click on the “Push” button, wait a few seconds, and will tell “Pushed” as shown below:

Now its synchronized to your open-galaxy account. Click on “Open Galaxy”, the red button shown in above image. And below is what the desktop looks like:

As you see above, you can run schematic, layout, LVS and characterize. Characterize is what we are interested in. Click on “Characterize” and below is what you would see:

And now, when you click on “Simulate All”, it will give you all parameters which are being shown in a standard data-sheet. For eg., click on “Simulate” for propagation delay TPD rise, and below is what you will see.

It will show up delays for min, max, typ: Aren’t these the corners that you see in an STA analysis? Yes, they are.

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