EDA File Formats ALF Advanced Library Format
ALF is a modeling language that describes the electrical, functional and physical property of cells and interconnects. A super set of the .lib format? Web site: http://www.ascinc.com/ Standard: IEEE 1603 CLF Synopsys DCL Delay Calculation Language Standard: IEEE-1481 Delay and Power Calculation System EDIF Electronic Design Interchange Format Standard Document: EN 61690-2 Website: www.edif.org GDSII Binary format file used as a data interchange format between ic designers and ic fabrication facilities. It is a hierchical 2d description language with polygons, poly lines, text, boxes etc. An ascii format has also been developed (KEY Format). Web Sites: http://www.xs4all.nl/~kholwerd/interface/bnf/gdsformat.html http://okaye.esmartweb.com/gdsii/gdsii.html GENCAM Generic Computer Aided Manufacturing Satndard: IPC-2511 GERBER LEF Library Exchange Format OLA Open Library Architecture OLA is an extension of the âStandard for Delay and Power Calculation Systemâ IEEE 1481-1999. OLA files contain both data and algorythms for calculating cell and interconnect timming. TLF Cadence HDL VERILOG VHDL SPDM Scalable Polynomial Delay Model Synopsis Liberty Program (Library Files) .lib and .plib cell libraries stamp and SPDM delay calculations Cadence LEF topology info for routing DEF physical and hierchical info for placing cells
