FreePDK3 ^TM Predictive Process Design Kit

version 1.0 (2021-08-30)

Copyright (c) 2021 North Carolina State University, All Rights Reserved.

Please see the file LICENSE in this directory for license. You may not use these files except in compliance with the License.

Welcome to the FreePDK ^TM 3nm Free, Open-Source Process Design Kit

This initiative is brought to you by NC State Univeristy and Synopsys.

This version of the kit was created by the following at NC State University:

• Sushant Sadangi - Design Rules, Layer Stack, and ICV Rules
• Viswanatha Pasumarthy - Star-RC Models
• W. Shepherd Pitts - HSPICE Models
• W. Rhett Davis - Custom Compiler Support and Project Management

Many thanks to the following at Synopsys for technical and financial support:

• Ron Duncan - Process technology advice and ICV Support
• Luis Francisco & Yen-Sung Chen - ICV Rules Templates and Coding Support
• Olaf Schneider - Custom Compiler PDK and Scripting Support
• Jonathan White & Patrick Haspel - Project Management

Quick Design Kit Usage Instructions

1. Create or modify the file lib.defs in your current directory and ensure that it includes the following line:

    INCLUDE $PDK_DIR/syncust/lib.defs
   

   ...where $PDK_DIR is replaced with the path to the directory containing this file. Note that the environmnet variable PDK_DIR does not need to be set.

2. Source your setup scripts for Synopsys Custom Compiler, IC Validator, Star-RC, HSPICE, and Custom WaveView

3. Start Synopsys Custom Compiler with the command custom_compiler &

Contents

More documentation and tutorials for this kit can be found at http://www.eda.ncsu.edu/FreePDK

Please send all questions and comments to eda_help@ncsu.edu