SKILLCAD Inc.

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• Founded In 2006 At San Jose, California, USA.

• Dedicated to Routing and Automation Tools for Custom Layout

• Member of Cadence Connections Program

• Profitable Since 2007

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• Flat Panel Layout Editor (FPLE) --- 1St Full Solution in Virtuoso Platform

• IC Layout Automation Suite (Not in this demo) --- No More Tapeout Delays, No More Overtime.

SKILLCAD Products

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Seamlessly Integrated Into Virtuoso Layout Platform

SKILLCAD FPLE Interface

IC6.x (OA) IC5.x (CDB)

One Installation for Both IC6.x and IC5.x

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SKILLCAD FPLE - rRouter• Path Router

Auto:• Pre-defined common structures• Auto detect routing range/angle• One click solution and adjustable

iGuide:• Any structure• No limit on routing points/angles• Interactive and tuneable

Get pins by mouse or labels.Flight lines and indexed

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SKILLCAD FPLE - rRouter• Polygon Router

Interface to adjust pins’:Extension /Increment/Alignment

Extendable route end

Multiple(4) routing modes FPC to driver route

Interactive polygon route

Variable width for each node.

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SKILLCAD FPLE - rRouter• R control

Adjust Width Wiggle Within Given Routing Range

Stacked Triangle Wiggles

Ways to set target R• Auto (-1), • Same (single R value)• Individual ( a list or a file)

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SKILLCAD FPLE - rChecker• rChecker

• Path and/or polygon • Single or group of wires• Interactive highlighting • Sortable• Built-in analysis• CSV out• On-fly report in rRouter

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SKILLCAD FPLE - Utilities

• Mask Label• Merge Pins• Fill Space• Round Corner• Align/Place• Fix offGrid

• iShape (Common shapes in flat panel design) • iDRC ( Space and width checker)