CIF (Caltech Interchange Format)
CIF is a file that contains all of the design information necessary to fabricate
the masks for an integrated circuit. You can download this file and submit
the file to the MOSIS on a AMI 0.6um 3
metal 2 poly run and, barring any downloading errors, the resulting chips
should demonstrate the effects I have described in the lab. The file contains
all circuits and the padframe. The cif has been submitted to MOSIS and the
resulting chips have been tested. However, to be certain that the file has
not been corrupted, you may want to open the file in the layout editor of
your choice. You may also want to borrow circuits from this file. You can
open the file in the layout editor of you choice and pull circuit layout from
this file. This cif has been created using Cadence. If you pull the cif directly
into Mentor Graphics, your circuits may not be scaled appropriately. I believe
the cif should be able to be pulled into Magic and Tanner Tools without any
additional scaling, however I have not tested this. I am not familiar with
other design packages.
Download cif for the Mirrors Lab.