The cic tools

cicsim - simulations you can rerun

• cicsim run : corners, in parallel, with a results table
• --count N : Monte Carlo from the same command
• yaml + git : the simulation is reproducible, or it is not done

ciccreator - the layout compiler

• SPICE netlist + JSON object definition + technology rules = layout
• Port to a new process: new rule file, not new polygons
• The compiled SAR ADC of the converter chapter is the proof

cicpy and cicconf - the glue

• cicpy: transpile the compiled IC to SKILL, SPICE, Verilog, Xschem, Magic or SVG
• cicconf: one config.yaml for a project of many git repositories

cicwave - looking at the waves

cictikz - the figures of this book

• One symbol library for every schematic in the book
• TikZ to Xschem and back: figures that are also schematics

Summary

• If it does not rerun from a shell command, it is not done
• cicsim: corners and Monte Carlo as one command, results as a table, all of it in git
• ciccreator: netlist + object definition + rules compile to layout; porting is a rule file
• cicpy transpiles to the flow you have; cicconf holds multi-repo projects together
• cicwave views the waves; cictikz draws the book
• None of it needs a licence server

Would you like to know more?

• github.com/wulffern/aicex - the IPs built with these tools