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Virtuoso Studio Design Environment SKILL Reference
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

Inherited Connections Functions

Inherited connections is an extension to the connectivity model that allows you to create global signals and override their names for selected branches of the design hierarchy. This flexibility allows you to use

To learn about using inherited connections and net expressions with various Cadence® tools in the design flow, refer to the Inherited Connections Flow Guide.

To learn about connectivity and naming conventions for inherited connections and how to add and edit net expressions in a schematic or symbol cellview, refer to the Composer: Design Entry User Guide.

The following section deals with the Design Framework II SKILL Access Functions for inherited signals and inherited terminals.

Related Topics

dbCreateSigNetExpr

dbCreateTermNetExpr

dbCVHasInheritedSig

dbCVHasInheritedSig

dbCVHasNetSetProp

dbDeleteSigNetExpr

dbDeleteTermNetExpr

dbFix

dbGetCellViewInheritedSig

dbGetCellViewInheritedSig

dbGetSigNetExpr

dbGetTermNetExpr

dbIsValidSigNetExpr

dbIsValidTermNetExpr

dbIsSigInherited

dbIsTermInherited

dbParseSigNetExpr

dbParseTermNetExpr

dbReplaceSigNetExpr

dbReplaceTermNetExpr

Net and Terminal Name Syntax

Instance Name Syntax


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