Question: how to deal with new type of component (cap/res) in schematics tech when the component is added to mocmos.xml

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Alexandre Rusev

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Apr 26, 2022, 8:07:19 AM4/26/22
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Hello.

How components of schematics technology are related to components of
physical technologies?

I mean that if for example we add a new type of capacitor like metal5-metal5cap MiM capacitor we probably need somehow to add the same component to schematics tech due to fully support NCC.

How to deal with it?

Alex

Steven Rubin

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Apr 26, 2022, 9:58:19 AM4/26/22
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NCC understands primitive "functions", for example Transistor, Capacitor, Inductor. And there are already schematic primitives with these functions. So when you build a layout capacitor, it will automatically NCC with the schematic capacitor.

   -Steven Rubin

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Alexandre Rusev

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Apr 26, 2022, 4:35:46 PM4/26/22
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Do you mean that NCC will use declared capacitance of layout and schematics capacitors instead of compare W/H?
If it works this way right now it's may be a solution...

Steven Rubin

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Apr 27, 2022, 10:48:24 PM4/27/22
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There are two ways to get the capacitance of a primitive: (1) look for a capacitance value (this happens in schematic nodes) or (2) compute it from length and/or width (this happens in layout). Layout primitives can also set a specific capacitance value, which overrides the length/width data.

So there are plenty of established ways to NCC a capacitor.

   -Steven Rubin

Alexandre Rusev

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Apr 28, 2022, 8:24:13 AM4/28/22
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