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Are the SRAM rules only valid for foundry provided cell ? What if I want to design my own memory array or dual port cell or stuff like that, can I use them ?

Yes, I think that should be possible. Afaik it's not the cells that are detected, but rather the SRAM marker layer. However, as you probably know, there's no guarantee your cells will work after production, since the SRAM cells in the PDK were probably carefully designed to violate the normal core rules.

19:14

In fact, @Tim Edwards already shrinked the 5V SRAM cells.

I know he did but they are still 6T cells, I'm thinking about doing the same register file that I did on sky130, or a dual port cell, or rom or other things like that.

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Yes, as long as you place the SRAM marker layer you can use the SRAM 3.3V/5V rules, as I understand it.

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When using the SRAM cells DRC rules there are normally a bunch of requirements around the layout of the cells that are not specified in DRC decks and such.

22:38

My understanding is that they can violate the rules due to the tuning to make the regular patterns print better.

These rules are documented here:

https://gf180mcu-pdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physical_verification/design_manual/drm_11_1.html
https://gf180mcu-pdk.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physical_verification/design_manual/drm_11_2.html So it should be possible to submit your own custom cells based on these rules, but there is no guarantee that they will work as expected.

Since I created the 3.3V SRAM core cell myself, we'll put that theory to the test.

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Tim Edwards

Since I created the 3.3V SRAM core cell myself, we'll put that theory to the test.

Yeap! I'm interested to see how things go, I don't quite have the same pull with GF now I'm not Google.

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