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7 | .TH CIFPLOT 1 10/21/80 | |
8 | .UC 4 | |
9 | .SH NAME | |
10 | cifplot \- CIF interpreter and plotter | |
11 | .SH SYNOPSIS | |
12 | .B cifplot | |
13 | [ | |
14 | .I options | |
15 | ] | |
16 | file1.cif | |
17 | [ | |
18 | file2.cif ... | |
19 | ] | |
20 | .SH DESCRIPTION | |
21 | .I Cifplot | |
22 | takes a description in Cal-Tech Intermediate Form (CIF) and | |
23 | produces a plot. | |
24 | CIF is a low-level graphics language suitable for describing | |
25 | integrated circuit layouts. | |
26 | Although CIF can be used for other graphics applications, | |
27 | for ease of discussion it will be assumed that CIF is used to | |
28 | describe integrated circuit designs. | |
29 | .I Cifplot | |
30 | interprets any legal CIF 2.0 description including symbol renaming | |
31 | and Delete Definition commands. | |
32 | In addition, | |
33 | a number of local extensions have been added to CIF, | |
34 | including text on plots and include files. | |
35 | These are discussed later. | |
36 | Care has been taken to avoid any arbitrary restrictions on | |
37 | the CIF programs that can be plotted. | |
38 | .PP | |
39 | To get a plot call | |
40 | .I cifplot | |
41 | with the name of the CIF file to be plotted. | |
42 | If the CIF description is divided among several files call | |
43 | .I cifplot | |
44 | with the names of all files to be used. | |
45 | .I Cifplot | |
46 | reads the CIF description from the files in the order | |
47 | that they appear on the command line. | |
48 | Therefore the CIF | |
49 | .I End | |
50 | command should be only in the last file since | |
51 | .I cifplot | |
52 | ignores everything after the | |
53 | .I End | |
54 | command. | |
55 | After reading the CIF description but before plotting, | |
56 | .I cifplot | |
57 | will print a estimate of the size of the plot | |
58 | and then ask if it should continue to produce a plot. | |
59 | Type | |
60 | .B y | |
61 | to proceed and | |
62 | .B n | |
63 | to abort. | |
64 | A typical run might look as follows: | |
65 | .PP | |
66 | .in +0.5i | |
67 | % | |
68 | .B | |
69 | cifplot lib.cif sorter.cif | |
70 | .br | |
71 | Window -5700 174000 -76500 168900 | |
72 | .br | |
73 | Scale: 1 micron is 0.004075 inches | |
74 | .br | |
75 | The plot will be 0.610833 feet | |
76 | .br | |
77 | Do you want a plot? | |
78 | .B y | |
79 | .PP | |
80 | After typing | |
81 | .B y | |
82 | .I cifplot | |
83 | will produce a plot on the Benson-Varian plotter. | |
84 | .PP | |
85 | .I Cifplot | |
86 | recognizes several command line options. | |
87 | These can be used to change the size and scale of the plot, | |
88 | change default plot options, | |
89 | and to select the output device. | |
90 | Several options may be selected. | |
91 | A dash(-) must precede each option specifier. | |
92 | The following is a list of options that may be included on | |
93 | the command line: | |
94 | .TP | |
95 | \fB\-w\fI xmin xmax ymin ymax | |
96 | .RB ( window ) | |
97 | The -w options specifies the window; | |
98 | by default the window is set to be large enough | |
99 | to contain the entire plot. | |
100 | The windowing commands lets you plot just a small | |
101 | section of your chip, enabling you to see it in better | |
102 | detail. | |
103 | .I Xmin, xmax, ymin, | |
104 | and | |
105 | .I ymax | |
106 | should be specified in CIF coordinates. | |
107 | .TP | |
108 | \fB\-s\fI float | |
109 | .RB ( scale ) | |
110 | The -s option sets the scale of the plot. | |
111 | By default the scale is set so that the window will fill the | |
112 | whole page. | |
113 | .I Float | |
114 | is a floating point number specifying the number of inches | |
115 | which represents | |
116 | 1 micron. | |
117 | A recommended size is 0.02. | |
118 | .TP | |
119 | .BI \-l " layer_list" | |
120 | .RB ( layer ) | |
121 | Normally all layers are plotted. | |
122 | The -l option specifies which layers NOT to plot. | |
123 | The | |
124 | .I layer_list | |
125 | consists of the layer names separated by commas, no spaces. | |
126 | There are two reserved names: | |
127 | .B text | |
128 | and | |
129 | .BR bbox . | |
130 | Including the layer name | |
131 | .B text | |
132 | in the list suppresses the plotting of text; | |
133 | .B bbox | |
134 | suppresses the bounding box around symbols. | |
135 | .TP | |
136 | .BI \-d " n" | |
137 | .RB ( depth ) | |
138 | This option lets you limit the amount of detail plotted | |
139 | in a hierarchically designed chip. | |
140 | It will only instanciate the plot down | |
141 | .I n | |
142 | levels of calls. | |
143 | Sometimes too much detail can hide important features in a circuit. | |
144 | .TP | |
145 | .BI \-g " n" | |
146 | .RB ( grid ) | |
147 | Draw a grid over the plot with spacing every | |
148 | .I n | |
149 | CIF units. | |
150 | .TP | |
151 | .B \-f | |
152 | .RB ( fuzzy ) | |
153 | Don't print the border outlines around the merged features on each layer. | |
154 | .TP | |
155 | .B \-h | |
156 | .RB ( half ) | |
157 | Plot at half normal resolution. | |
158 | .I | |
159 | (Not yet implemented.) | |
160 | .TP | |
161 | .B \-e | |
162 | .RB ( extensions ) | |
163 | Accept only standard CIF. User | |
164 | extensions produce warnings. | |
165 | .TP | |
166 | .B \-I | |
167 | .RB ( non-Interactive ) | |
168 | Do not ask for confirmation. | |
169 | Always plot. | |
170 | .TP | |
171 | .B \-L | |
172 | .RB ( List ) | |
173 | Produce a listing of the CIF file on standard output as it is parsed. | |
174 | Not recommended unless debugging hand-coded CIF | |
175 | since CIF code can be rather long. | |
176 | .TP | |
177 | .BI \-a " n" | |
178 | .RB ( approximate ) | |
179 | Approximate a roundflash with an | |
180 | .IR n -sided | |
181 | polygon. | |
182 | By default | |
183 | .I n | |
184 | equals 8. | |
185 | (I.e. roundflashes are approximated by octagons.) | |
186 | If | |
187 | .I n | |
188 | equals 0 then output circles for roundflashes. | |
189 | (It is best not to use full circles since they significantly | |
190 | slow down plotting.) | |
191 | .I | |
192 | (Full circles not yet implemented.) | |
193 | .TP | |
194 | \fB\-b\fI "text" | |
195 | .RB ( banner ) | |
196 | Print the text at the top of the plot. | |
197 | .TP | |
198 | .B \-C | |
199 | .RB ( Comments ) | |
200 | Treat comments as though they were spaces. | |
201 | Sometimes CIF files created at other universities | |
202 | will have several errors due to syntactically incorrect comments. | |
203 | (I.e. the comments may appear in the middle of a CIF command or | |
204 | the comment does not end with a semi-colon.) | |
205 | Of course, CIF files should not have any errors | |
206 | and these comment related errors must be fixed | |
207 | before transmitting the file for fabrication. | |
208 | But many times fixing these errors seems to be more trouble | |
209 | than it is worth, especially if you just want to get a plot. | |
210 | This option is useful in getting rid of many of these | |
211 | comment related syntax errors. | |
212 | .TP | |
213 | .B \-r | |
214 | .RB ( rotate ) | |
215 | Rotate the plot 90 degrees. | |
216 | .TP | |
217 | .B \-V | |
218 | .RB ( Varian ) | |
219 | Send output to the varian. | |
220 | (This is the default option.) | |
221 | .TP | |
222 | .B \-W | |
223 | .RB ( Wide ) | |
224 | Send output directly to the versatec. | |
225 | .TP | |
226 | .B \-S | |
227 | .RB ( Spool ) | |
228 | Store the output in a temporary file then | |
229 | dump the output quickly onto the Versatec. | |
230 | Makes nice crisp plots; | |
231 | also takes up a lot of disk space. | |
232 | .TP | |
233 | .BI \-T " n" | |
234 | .RB ( Terminal ) | |
235 | Send output byte stream to standard output. | |
236 | Useful for setting up pipes. | |
237 | .I N | |
238 | is the number of bytes per line that the plotting device expects. | |
239 | .I | |
240 | (Not yet implemented.) | |
241 | .TP | |
242 | .B \-H | |
243 | .RB ( HP2648 ) | |
244 | Send output to HP2648A terminal. | |
245 | This requires that | |
246 | .I cifplot | |
247 | is running in the foreground on an HP2648 | |
248 | and that there is a scratch tape in the left tape drive of the terminal. | |
249 | .I | |
250 | (Not yet fully implemented.) | |
251 | .TP | |
252 | .BI \-X " basename" | |
253 | .RB ( eXtractor ) | |
254 | From the CIF file create a circuit description | |
255 | suitable for switch level simulation. | |
256 | It creates two files: | |
257 | .IB basename .sim | |
258 | which contains the circuit description, and | |
259 | .IB basename .node | |
260 | which contains the node numbers and their location | |
261 | used in the circuit description. | |
262 | .IP | |
263 | When this option is invoked no plot is made. | |
264 | Therefore it is advisable not to use any of the other | |
265 | options that deal only with plotting. | |
266 | However, the | |
267 | .IR window , | |
268 | .IR layer , | |
269 | and | |
270 | .I approximate | |
271 | options are still appropriate. | |
272 | To get a plot of the circuit with the node numbers call | |
273 | .I cifplot | |
274 | again, without the | |
275 | .B \-X | |
276 | option, and include | |
277 | .IB basename .nodes | |
278 | in the list of CIF files to be plotted. | |
279 | (This file must appear in the list of files | |
280 | before the file with the CIF End command.) | |
281 | .I | |
282 | (Not yet fully implemented.) | |
283 | .TP | |
284 | .BI \-P " pattern_file" | |
285 | .RB ( Pattern ) | |
286 | The -P option lets you specify your own | |
287 | layers and stipple patterns. | |
288 | .I Pattern_file | |
289 | may contain an arbitrary number of layer descriptors. | |
290 | A layer descriptor is the layer name in double quotes, | |
291 | followed by 8 integers. | |
292 | Each integer specifies 32 bits | |
293 | where ones are black and zeroes are white. | |
294 | Thus the 8 integers specify a 32 by 8 bit stipple pattern. | |
295 | The integers may be in decimal, octal, or hex. | |
296 | Hex numbers start with '0x'; | |
297 | octal numbers start with '0'. | |
298 | The CIF syntax requires that layer names be made up of | |
299 | only uppercase letters and digits, | |
300 | and not longer than four characters. | |
301 | The following is example of a layer description | |
302 | for poly-silicon: | |
303 | .RS | |
304 | .TP | |
305 | "NP" | |
306 | 0x08080808 0x04040404 0x02020202 0x01010101 | |
307 | .RS | |
308 | 0x80808080 0x40404040 0x20202020 0x10101010 | |
309 | .RE | |
310 | .RE | |
311 | .TP | |
312 | .BI \-F " font_file" | |
313 | .RB ( Font ) | |
314 | The -F option indicates which font you want for your text. | |
315 | The file must be in the directory '/usr/lib/vfont'. | |
316 | The default font is Roman 6 point. | |
317 | Obviously, this option is only useful if you have text on your plot. | |
318 | .TP | |
319 | .BI \-O " filename" | |
320 | .RB ( Output ) | |
321 | After parsing the CIF files, store an equivalent but easy to parse | |
322 | CIF description in the specified file. | |
323 | This option removes the include and array commands (see next section) | |
324 | and replaces them with equivalent standard CIF statements. | |
325 | The resulting file is suitable for transmission to other facilities | |
326 | for fabrication. | |
327 | .PP | |
328 | In the definition of CIF provisions were made for local extensions. | |
329 | All extension commands begin with a number. | |
330 | Part of the purpose of these extensions is to test what features | |
331 | would be suitable to include as part of the standard language. | |
332 | But it is important to realize that these extensions are not | |
333 | standard CIF and that many programs interpreting CIF do not | |
334 | recognize them. | |
335 | If you use these extensions it is advisable to create another | |
336 | CIF file using the | |
337 | .B -O | |
338 | options described above before submitting your circuit for fabrication. | |
339 | The following is a list of extensions recognized by | |
340 | .IR cifplot . | |
341 | .TP | |
342 | .BI 0I " filename" ; | |
343 | .RB ( Include ) | |
344 | Read from the specified file | |
345 | as though it appeared in place of this command. | |
346 | Include files can be nested up to 6 deep. | |
347 | .TP | |
348 | \fB0A\fI s m n dx dy \fB; | |
349 | .RB ( Array ) | |
350 | Repeat symbol | |
351 | .I s m | |
352 | times with | |
353 | .I dx | |
354 | spacing in the x-direction | |
355 | and | |
356 | .I n | |
357 | times with | |
358 | .I dy | |
359 | spacing in the y-direction. | |
360 | .I s, m, | |
361 | and | |
362 | .I n | |
363 | are unsigned integers. | |
364 | .I dx | |
365 | and | |
366 | .I dy | |
367 | are signed integers in CIF units. | |
368 | .TP | |
369 | .BI 1 " message" ; | |
370 | .RB ( Print ) | |
371 | Print out the message on standard output when it is read. | |
372 | .TP | |
373 | \fB2\fI "text" transform \fB; | |
374 | .TP | |
375 | \fB2C\fI "text" transform \fB; | |
376 | .RB ( "Text on Plot" ) | |
377 | .I Text | |
378 | is placed on the plot | |
379 | at the position specified by the transformation. | |
380 | The allowed transformations are the same as the | |
381 | those allowed for the Call command. | |
382 | The transformation affects only the point at which the beginning | |
383 | of the text is to appear. | |
384 | The text is always plotted horizontally, | |
385 | thus the mirror and rotate transformations | |
386 | are not really of much use. | |
387 | Normally text is placed above and to the right of the reference point. | |
388 | The | |
389 | .B 2C | |
390 | command centers the text about the reference point. | |
391 | .TP | |
392 | .BI 9 " name" ; | |
393 | .RB ( "Name symbol" ) | |
394 | .I name | |
395 | is associated with the | |
396 | current symbol. | |
397 | .TP | |
398 | .BI 94 " name x y" ; | |
399 | .TP | |
400 | .BI 94 " name x y layer" ; | |
401 | .RB ( "Name point" ) | |
402 | .I name | |
403 | is associated with the point | |
404 | .RI ( x, | |
405 | .IR y ). | |
406 | Any mask geometry crossing this point is also associated with | |
407 | .IR name . | |
408 | If | |
409 | .I layer | |
410 | is present then just geometry crossing the point | |
411 | on that layer is associated with | |
412 | .IR name . | |
413 | For plotting this command is similar to text on plot. | |
414 | When doing circuit extraction this command is used to | |
415 | give an explicit name to a node. | |
416 | .I Name | |
417 | must not have any spaces in it, | |
418 | and it should not be a number. | |
419 | .SH FILES | |
420 | /usr/lib/vdump | |
421 | .br | |
422 | /usr/lib/vfont/* | |
423 | .br | |
424 | /usr/lib/vpd | |
425 | .br | |
426 | /usr/tmp/cif* | |
427 | .SH ALSO SEE | |
428 | .I | |
429 | A Guide to LSI Implementation | |
430 | by Hon and Se\*'quin, | |
431 | Second Edition | |
432 | (Xerox PARC, 1980) | |
433 | for a description of CIF. | |
434 | .br | |
435 | .I | |
436 | Introduction to VLSI Systems | |
437 | by Mead and Conway | |
438 | (Addison-Wesley, | |
439 | 1980) | |
440 | .SH AUTHOR | |
441 | Dan Fitzpatrick | |
442 | .SH BUGS | |
443 | Output should be spooled. |