Process Design Kit
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A process design kit is a set of files used within the semiconductor industry
to model transistors for a certain technology for a certain foundry
.
For example, the Cadence
Virtuoso Tool supports over 25 different PDKs.
Typical PDK contains:
Semiconductor industry
The semiconductor industry is the aggregate collection of companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductor devices. It formed around 1960, once the fabrication of semiconductors became a viable business...
to model transistors for a certain technology for a certain foundry
Foundry (electronics)
In the microelectronics industry a semiconductor fabrication plant is a factory where devices such as integrated circuits are manufactured....
.
For example, the Cadence
Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design Systems, Inc is an electronic design automation software and engineering services company, founded in 1988 by the merger of SDA Systems and ECAD, Inc...
Virtuoso Tool supports over 25 different PDKs.
Typical PDK contains:
- standard cells library
- design rules (DRCDesign rule checkingDesign Rule Checking or Check is the area of Electronic Design Automation that determines whether the physical layout of a particular chip layout satisfies a series of recommended parameters called Design Rules...
rules) - SPICESPICESPICE is a general-purpose, open source analog electronic circuit simulator.It is a powerful program that is used in integrated circuit and board-level design to check the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior.- Introduction :Unlike board-level designs composed of discrete...
model of transistors - layout information (in GDSIIGDSIIGDSII stream format, common acronym GDSII, is a database file format which is the de facto industry standard for data exchange of integrated circuit or IC layout artwork. It is a binary file format representing planar geometric shapes, text labels, and other information about the layout in...
)