6 Replies Latest reply on Dec 13, 2012 12:19 PM by mugofgold

    Calibre PEX Extraction issue

    mugofgold
    mugofgold Nov 28, 2012 12:17 PM

      Hi All,

       

      I have had no problems with the DRC and LVS. But when I run PEX, the  extraction starts and ends with the following error without producing  any output netlist.

       

      ********************************************************************************************************************************

      XDB created with: Calibre v2012.2_17.11    Thu May 10 12:53:19 PDT 2012

       

      WARNING: XDB Database not available: No comparison was made.

      Unable to restore XDB database.

      ERROR: Error:: restore of XDB failed

      --- CREATING XREF INFORMATION FROM XDB DATABASE

      ERROR: Unable to read layout to source cross reference information.

       

       

        ========================================================================

                        CALIBRE xRC WARNING / ERROR Summary

        ------------------------------------------------------------------------

                              xRC Warnings  =  0

                                xRC Errors  =  2

        ========================================================================

       

       

      --- CALIBRE xRC::FORMATTER COMPLETED - Tue Nov 27 18:37:09 2012

      --- TOTAL CPU TIME = 0  REAL TIME = 0  LVHEAP = 166/167/231  MALLOC = 245/245/245  ELAPSED TIME = 8

       

       

      *** Calibre finished with Exit Code: 4 ***

      ********************************************************************************************************************************

       

      We have recently moved to v2012.2_17.11 version of Calibre.

       

      Anyone has experienced this problem before?

       

      Thanks,

      N

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        • 1. Re: Calibre PEX Extraction issue
          samantha_lizak
          samantha_lizak Dec 3, 2012 8:36 AM (in response to mugofgold)

          Hi N-

           

          What does your Mask SVDB Directory statement look like?  The XDB information is only generated if you have certain options set.  It is not generated by default by LVS.

           

          Best-

           

          Sam.

          • 2. Re: Calibre PEX Extraction issue
            mugofgold
            mugofgold Dec 3, 2012 8:26 PM (in response to samantha_lizak)

            Hi Sam,

             

            It looks like:

            MASK SVDB DIRECTORY "svdb" QUERY XRC CCI IXF NXF SLPH

             

            We have recently moved to 6LM metal option from the original 4LM option. I was able run the PEX in 4LM but not in 6LM.

             

            Any explanation for this?

             

            Thanks,

            N

            • 3. Re: Calibre PEX Extraction issue
              Joel
              Joel Dec 4, 2012 10:07 AM (in response to mugofgold)

              Hello N,

               

              I recommend that your first perform a /bin/rm -rf svdb in the working directory.


              Then, make sure your LVS is "CORRECT" and there are no Errors in the PDB step and review all Warnings.

               

              By following these steps, you will ensure that the possibility of corrupting the database is low.

               

              If you still have the Error, I would then recommend the latest release followed by a Service Request on SupportNet.

               

              Thank you.
              Joel

              • 4. Re: Calibre PEX Extraction issue
                mugofgold
                mugofgold Dec 4, 2012 3:59 PM (in response to Joel)

                Here are my settings in PEX:

                 

                ************************************************************************************

                //  Rule file generated on Tue Dec 04 15:49:25 PST 2012

                //     by Calibre Interactive - PEX (v2012.2_17.11)

                //

                //      *** PLEASE DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE ***

                //

                //

                LAYOUT PATH  "file_name.calibre.db"

                LAYOUT PRIMARY "file_name"

                LAYOUT SYSTEM GDSII

                SOURCE PATH "./CalibrePEX/file_name.src.net"

                SOURCE PRIMARY "file_name"

                SOURCE SYSTEM SPICE

                MASK SVDB DIRECTORY "svdb" QUERY XRC CCI IXF NXF SLPH

                LVS REPORT "file_name.lvs.report"

                PEX NETLIST "file_name.pex.netlist" CALIBREVIEW 1 SOURCENAMES LOCATION

                PEX REPORT "file_name.pex.report" SOURCENAMES

                PEX REDUCE ANALOG NO

                PEX NETLIST UPPERCASE KEYWORDS NO

                PEX NETLIST VIRTUAL CONNECT NO

                PEX NETLIST NOXREF NET NAMES YES

                PEX NETLIST MUTUAL RESISTANCE YES

                LVS REPORT OPTION S

                LVS FILTER UNUSED OPTION NONE SOURCE

                LVS FILTER UNUSED OPTION NONE LAYOUT

                LVS RECOGNIZE GATES ALL

                VIRTUAL CONNECT COLON YES

                VIRTUAL CONNECT REPORT NO

                DRC ICSTATION YES

                 

                SOURCE CASE YES

                LVS FILTER PRCUT OPEN

                LVS FILTER R (SH) SHORT

                LVS FILTER C (CP) OPEN

                ************************************************************************************

                • 5. Re: Calibre PEX Extraction issue
                  Joel
                  Joel Dec 5, 2012 6:44 AM (in response to mugofgold)

                  Hi,

                   

                  This looks like the top level rule file.

                   

                  The changes I recommend are on the command line execution or Calibre xRC.

                   

                  If you are using Calibre Interactive from the command line, use the following shell statements(be sure that LVS is correct);

                   

                  /bin/rm -rf svdb

                  calibre -gui -pex

                   

                  If you are running Calibre xRC by command line, use the following shell statements;

                   

                  /bin/rm -rf svdb

                  calibre -lvs <options> rule_file >& lvs.log

                  echo "Verify LVS is CORRECT before continuing"

                  calibre -pdb <options> rule_file >& pdb.log

                  echo "Verify Errors and Warnings in pdb.log before continuing"

                  calibre -fmt <options> rule_file >& fmt.log

                  echo "Verify Errors and Warnings in fmt.log

                   

                  There are other ways of running the tools which are documented in the Calibre xRC User's Manual.

                   

                  Thank you.
                  joel

                  • 6. Re: Calibre PEX Extraction issue
                    mugofgold
                    mugofgold Dec 13, 2012 12:19 PM (in response to Joel)

                    Hi Joel,

                     

                    I was finally able to complete the PEX run by including "LVS INJECT LOGIC YES" in PEX options.

                     

                    Now I do not get the XDB issue any more but the LVS didn't pass this time and giving me these errors:

                    ****************************************************

                      Error:    Different numbers of ports.

                      Error:    Different numbers of nets.

                      Error:    Different numbers of instances.

                      Error:    Connectivity errors.

                      Warning:  Ambiguity points were found and resolved arbitrarily.

                    ****************************************************

                    Any suggestions?

                     

                    Thanks,

                    N