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SKILL Functions

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• Overview
• Voltus-Fi SKILL Functions

Overview

This section provides syntax, description, and examples for the Cadence^® SKILL functions associated with the Voltus™-Fi Custom Power Integrity Solution (Voltus-Fi) flow.

Only the functions documented in this chapter are supported for public use. Any other functions, and undocumented aspects of the functions described below, are private and subject to change or removal at any time.

The following functions are common to both VFI-L and VFI-XL. They are documented in the VFI-XL manual. The names of the functions and links to the document are provided below.

• vsaCreateMarker
• vsaLoadNets
• vsaSetLayersToMergeDuringResultsLoading
• vsaSetInputType
• vsaSetEMIRConfig
• vsaSetEMResultsFile
• vsaSetEMLayerMapFileName
• vsaSetEMTechFileName
• vsaSetEMTypes
• vsaSetDfiiLayerMapFileName
• vsaSetQRCData
• vsaSelectFailedNets
• vsaSetEMOnlyICTFile
• vsaSetEMPlot
• vsaLoadEM
• vsaSetIRResultsFile
• vsaSetIRThreshold
• vsaSetIRPlot
• vsaSetLRPShortedLayers
• vsaLoadIR
• vsaSetFinerDisplayOff

Voltus-Fi SKILL Functions

The following types of functions are provided only for Voltus-Fi L:

• vsaOpenSchematic
• vsaDescendView

vsaOpenSchematic

vsaOpenSchematic( 
libname
cellname
viewname
)

Description

Opens the design on the Virtuoso layout for running Voltus-Fi-L.

Arguments

libname	Specifies the library name for the design to be opened.
cellname	Specifies the cell name for the design to be opened.
viewname	Specifies the view name for the design to be opened.

Values Returned

None.

Example

vsaOpenSchematic("testlib" "testcell" "schematic")

The above example code shows how to specify the library name, cell name, and schematic view name of the design you want to open.

vsaDescendView

vsaDescendView( 
libname
cellname
viewname
)

Description

Descends in the hierarchy and opens the child view of the design in Virtuoso for running Voltus-Fi-L.

Arguments

libname	Specifies the library name for the design in which you want to descend.
cellname	Specifies the child cell name for the design in which you want to descend.
viewname	Specifies the child view name for the design in which you want to descend.

Values Returned

None.

Example

vsaDescendView("testlib" "testcell" "av_extracted")

The above example code shows how to specify the library name, child cell name, and child view name of the design in which you want to descend.

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