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Glossary

A

abutment

AEL expression

analog placement

aspect ratio

B

bbox

binder

block rings

bounding box

C

CDF

.cdsinit

cell

cell plan

cell row straps

cellview

chaining

CIW

clone

clone family

cloning

Command Interpreter Window (CIW)

Component Description Format (CDF)

component type

complex binding

conduit router

Configure Physical Hierarchy (CPH)

Connectivity-driven design

connectivity extraction

constraint

constraint aware editing

constraint group

Constraint Manager

core rings

current directory

D

DRD

default value

design

design library

detail router

device

device correspondence

Dynamic Selection Assistant

E

environment

externally connected pins

F

feedthrough pin

floorplanning

folding

G

geometric wire

global router

guard ring

H

halo

hierarchy

hierarchy configuration

highlights

I

instance

internally connected pins

iterated instances

L

LAM file

layer

Layer Selection Window (LSW)

library

library and attributes mapping file

Library Manager

local router

Logical connectivity

LPP (layer purpose pair)

LSW

LVS-clean design

M

master cell

master symbol

modgen

multipart path (mpp)

must-connect pins

N

Navigator

net

P

pad rings

pan

parameterized cell (Pcell)

path

pathSeg

Pcell

physical binding

physical configuration cellview

Physical connectivity

pin

pin permutation

pin-to-trunk connections

post-route refinement

power router

process rule

Process Rule Editor

property

pseudoparallel connection

R

reference point

reference library

relative object design (ROD)

ROD

route cells

routing

S

schematic cellview

scheme

search path

segment of a path

selection

SKILL

Space-based Router

stripes

strongly connected pins

symbolic wire

symmetric nets

synchronous clone

T

technology file

terminal

top-down design

U

uniquification

V

variants

viaDefs

via insertion

via pile (via stack)

view

view type

W

weakly connected pins

well

wire

wire editor

X

.Xdefaults

XL-compliant design

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