Jump to content

Process design kit

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 195.77.194.74 (talk) at 10:03, 30 May 2012 (Slight rewrite (particular <-> general cases)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

A process design kit (PDK) is a set of files used within the semiconductor industry to model transistors for a certain technology for a certain foundry, , different kinds of libraries to be used with design software tools like Cadence.

Typical PDK contains:

  • standard cells library
  • design rules (DRC rules)
  • simulation model of transistors (typically SPICE)
  • layout information (most commonly in GDSII format)

See also