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 Substrate Noise Lab.