DRC
The Design Rule Check is part of the PDK. Both the Magic and OpenLane tools make use of it.
It contains rules that check things like:
- The gate of the MOSFET are the correct dimensions,
- Wires on the metal layers are not too narrow and not too close,
- Check that MOSFET gates are protected if they have long connecting wires - this is called an antenna rule.
There are a few thousand rules in the Skywater130 PDK DRC. As the process/node gets smaller, the number of rules increases.
You can find out more about the DRC checks performed by OpenLANE in Mohamed Shalan’s OpenLane FOSSI dialup presentation
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