Z in Routing
- It refers to the tool's 45-degree routing capability.
- It is used for RDL routing or analog designs.
KEY Z routing is 45-degree routing, used for RDL and analog designs.
Fixing Opens and Shorts
Opens - the tool normally does not leave any open net.
- If a net has special attributes such as skip_route or freeze, reset those attributes and re-run the routing commands (route_zrt_eco or ecoRoute). Shorts:
- For shorts against a cell-internal blockage, move the cells if possible, re-run the ECO router with settings that let it detect these shorts, or via TCL create a full blockage over the short area and re-run legalize placement.
- Power-to-signal shorts can be cleaned automatically by the ECO router.
- Power-to-power, power-to-ground and ground-to-ground shorts cannot be cleaned by the tool.
- Clock-to-signal shorts can be cleaned by the ECO router.
- Clock-to-clock shorts can technically be cleaned by ECO route, but ECO route is not preferred here.
- Simply re-running the router commands can also fix shorts, since the tool may have left them only because it hit its maximum runtime.
- In ICC you can call ICV to fix shorts using signoff_autofix_drc.
KEY Reset blocking attributes for opens; for shorts use ECO router, blockages, or ICV - power/ground shorts need manual fixes.
Changing the Metal Layer of a Net
- By setting an attribute.
- By applying an NDR.
- Manually.
