Product Documentation
Virtuoso Space-based Router Constraint Reference
Product Version IC23.1, June 2023

msShieldStyle

Determines the type of shielding to route around a net.

For interoperability with Cadence Innovus™ flows, you must set this constraint to specify shielding.

msShieldStyle Quick Reference

Constraint Type

Simple

Value Types

IntValue

Database Types

Design

Scope

design, foundry

Category

Mixed Signal Routing

Value Type

IntValue

Represents a binary-encoded integer, as listed in the table below.

Split Top Bottom Sides msShieldStyle Description

0

0

0

0

0

No shields

0

0

0

1

1

Only parallel (sides)

0

0

1

0

2

Only tandem below

0

0

1

1

3

Tandem below and parallel

0

1

0

0

4

Only tandem above

0

1

0

1

5

Tandem above and parallel

0

1

1

0

6

Tandem above and below

0

1

1

1

7

Coaxial (Tandem above and below, parallel)

1

1

1

1

15

Tandem split (Split, tandem above and below, parallel)

Examples

The following example specifies parallel shields only.

set_constraint -constraint msShieldStyle -IntValue 1

Related Topics

Mixed-Signal Routing Constraints

shield_net


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