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

Moving Chained Transistors

To move chained devices while maintaining the chains:

  1. From the layout window menu bar, choose Edit – Move.
    The Move form is displayed.
  2. Select a chained device and choose the Chain Mode as All.
  3. Click the reference point for the move.
    All the devices in the chain are highlighted.
  4. Click in the layout where you want to place the devices.
  5. Change the Chain Mode option to Selected and click the selected device.
    The selected device is moved and the device is no longer a part of the chain.
    To move the device back into the chain, choose Edit – Undo.
  6. Select a device in the center of the chain and change the Chain Mode to Selected Plus Right.
  7. Click the reference point for the move.
    You see that all the devices to the right of the selected device remained chained as you move the devices.
    Selected Plus Left option selects all chained devices to the left of the selected device.
  8. Click in the layout where you want to place the devices.

Related Topics

Move Form


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