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Between 2026-08-31 11:59 p.m. and 2026-10-01 12:00 a.m.
1:18 a.m.
IHPs SG13G2 magic Pcells include this structure which doesn't actually come with any parameters to adjust and doesn't appear to have any notable further documentation I could realistically find; it supposedly has some care to it for LVS&DRC to go through in some sort of acceptable manner... but that's it. As far as I understand it's a symmetric floating latching structure, some kind of DIAC I suppose; it's for ESD protection I think. The bottom is symmetric. One side is metal via'd up to one higher metal terminal; same for the other. It's all encased in DNWELL (they call it nBuLay as it's also relevant for the SiGe HBT's the G2 process offers). It's also all thick oxide. I disabled visibility of those layers for I hope obvious reasons.
1:24 a.m.
I think we should have all the doping layers needed on gf180mcuD to copy this structure for a coming e-test die; I'd hope we might have someone who knows somewhat more about the subject matter though or how to perhaps tcad the thankfully "just" 2D cross-section slice. Luckily this could be modeled as just 3 electrodes (substrate plus the two obvious metal zones shorting the two contact areas and the corresponding gate poly together) of differing potential; not sure if Xyce's TCAD functionality allows the electrodes to be so split though... and of non-same material.
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Tim 'mithro' Ansell 2026-09-23 12:54 a.m.
@namibj - I believe KLayout can generate cross section diagrams... https://github.com/klayoutmatthias/sky130_xsection https://github.com/gdsfactory/klayout_pyxs
KLayout XSection script for Skywater 130 process. Contribute to klayoutmatthias/sky130_xsection development by creating an account on GitHub.
Python port of xsection script for KLayout. Contribute to gdsfactory/klayout_pyxs development by creating an account on GitHub.
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Tim 'mithro' Ansell
@namibj - I believe KLayout can generate cross section diagrams... https://github.com/klayoutmatthias/sky130_xsection https://github.com/gdsfactory/klayout_pyxs
I'll try not sure though if it'll represent the doping patterns, I recal it not ding that when I think I already tried this.
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namibj
I'll try not sure though if it'll represent the doping patterns, I recal it not ding that when I think I already tried this.
Tim 'mithro' Ansell 2026-09-23 11:40 p.m.
Afraid the is beyond the limits of my knowledge.
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