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Virtuoso Layout Suite XL: Basic Editing User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

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Layout Editor Plug-Ins

Virtuoso® Layout Suite cockpit supports various plug-ins. Plug-ins are applications that can be dynamically added to the layout editor user interface to perform some specialized design task, and then removed again when no longer required.

The Launch - Plugins menu contains all the applications that are available from the layout editor. To use any application listed in the menu, you must first load it.

When you load a plug-in application, it appears in the layout editor, typically as a separate menu on the menu bar, but sometimes as a user interface docked on the left- side of the layout window. Some plug-ins open the related applications directly on the layout canvas itself.

The following figure shows the Plugins submenu available on the Launch menu of Virtuoso Layout Suite.

The following table describes the plug-ins available in the layout editor and provides links for further information on associated features.

Plug-In

Description

Debug Abutment

Lets you debug the abutment using the Pcell IDE window.
For more information, see Debugging Pcells Abutment.

Debug CDF

Lets you debug CDF callback procedures using simple SKILL expressions for form initialization (forminit), form completion (doneProc), and any parameter field value modification (parameter callbacks).
For more information, see Debugging CDF.

Innovus

Adds the Innovus menu to the layout editor menu bar. The Innovus Implementation System is used as the design cockpit if a Verilog netlist is used for the top-level design.
For more information, see Overview of Mixed Signal Interoperability.

Pcell

Adds the Pcell menu to the layout editor menu bar to let you create graphical Pcells.
For more information, see Creating Graphical Parameterized Cells.

Simulation: NC-Verilog

Opens the Virtuoso Verilog Environment for NC-Verilog Integration application.
For more information, see About the NC-Verilog Integration Environment.

Simulation: Other

Adds the Simulation menu to the layout editor menu bar.
For more information, see About the NC-Verilog Integration Environment.

Simulation: Spectre

Adds the Spectre menu to the layout editor menu bar. This application provides a solution for digital circuit designers to netlist a Virtuoso transistor-level schematic for the Spectre circuit simulator.
For more information, see Virtuoso Schematic Editor Spectre Interface.

Simulation: UltraSim

Adds the UltraSim menu to the layout editor menu bar. This product provides a solution for digital circuit designers to netlist a Virtuoso transistor-level schematic for the Virtuoso UltraSim circuit simulator.
For more information, see Virtuoso Schematic Editor UltraSim Interface.

VPS-L

Adds the VPS-L menu to the layout editor. The Virtuoso Power System L application provides a view of IR drop, electromigration (EM), and signal net EM analysis.

Voltus-Fi-L

Opens the Voltus-Fi-L application, which uses the extracted view to perform IR drop and Electromigration (EM) analysis.
For more information, see Getting Started.

Voltus-Fi-XL

Opens the Voltus-Fi-XL application, which performs multi-mode simulation (MMSIM), electromigration, and voltage drop (EMIR) analysis for power and signal nets using the simulation database generated by Spectre APS/XPS.
For more information, see Getting Started with Voltus-Fi-XL.

Voltus-XFi Results Browser

Adds the Voltus-XFi Results Browser assistant, which you can use to analyze the EM and IR drop violations in detail. For more information, see EM-IR Analysis Results.


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