HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AN EDUCATION
FACULTY FOR HIGH QUALITY TRAINING

GRADUATION PROJECT

EFFICIENT PLACE AND ROUTE FOR IC BLOCK
IMPLEMENTATION WITH INNOVUS

NGUYEN DINH MINH
Student ID: 20119144
Major: COMPUTER ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
TRAN MINH TUNG
Student ID: 20161016
Major: ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATIONS
ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY

Advisor: PHAM VAN KHOA , PhD.

Ho Chi Minh City, January 2025

DISCLAIMER
We would like to express our deepest and most sincere thanks to Advisor Pham Van
Khoa, who directly guided and accompanied our group throughout the process of completing
this graduation project. Although our work still has many limitations and shortcomings, the
teacher was always patient, enthusiastic, and helped steer our team in the right direction. His
dedication and commitment not only helped us complete the project but also laid a crucial
foundation for the specialized knowledge in the field we are pursuing. We truly appreciate
and are grateful for the immense support he provided during this journey.
In addition, we would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our families, friends, and
fellow students at the university, who have continuously supported and encouraged us both
spiritually and materially. Their unwavering support has allowed us to focus on our studies
and complete this project successfully. We believe that this precious encouragement was a
major driving force that helped us overcome the challenges and difficulties during the
ution of this topic.
Especially, we would like to express our deep gratitude to HCLTech, the company that
provided and supported us with the necessary technical tools during our research and project
implementation. The companys technical support has significantly contributed to improving
the quality and results of the project. We affirm that the company’s contributions are
invaluable and truly appreciated.
Due to our limited knowledge and experience, mistakes were unavoidable during the
process. We sincerely hope to receive valuable feedback from our teacher, friends, and
colleagues so that we can further improve the project.
We sincerely thank you!

Student
Nguyen Dinh Minh

Tran Minh Tung

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
We would like to express our deepest gratitude to everyone who has supported and
guided us throughout the development of this project, which focuses on the Physical Design
flow in the VLSI field. First and foremost, we extend our heartfelt thanks to Advisor P
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1 Metal6}
 Check Floorplan
innovus1 checkFPlan
innovus1 checkPlace
innovus 1 verify_connectivity
PreCTS
innovus 1 setPlaceMode -congEffort auto -timingDriven 1 -clkGateAware 1 powerDriven 0 -ignoreScan 1 -reorderScan 1 -ignoreSpare 1 -placeIOPins 1 moduleAwareSpare 0 -preserveRouting 0 -rmAffectedRouting 0 -checkRoute 0 swapEEQ 0
innovus 1 place_design
innovus 1 earlyGlobalRoute -routingLayer {Metal1 Metal4}
innovus 1 reportCongestion -overflow -hotSpot
innovus 1 place_opt_design // or optDesign -preCTS
innovus 1 timeDesign –preCTS
PostCTS
 -non-default-rule
innovus 1 add_ndr -width {Metal1 0.46 Metal2 0.56 Metal3 0.56 Metal4 0.56 Metal5
0.56 Metal6 0.88 } -spacing { Metal1 0.46 Metal2 0.56 Metal3 0.56 Metal4 0.56 Metal5
0.56 Metal6 0.92} -min_cut {Via2 1 Via3 1 Via4 1 Via5 1 Via6 1 } -name 2w2s
 Config CCOpt
innovus 1 _route_type -name clkroute -non_default_rule 2w2s 80

bottom_preferred_layer Metal3 -top_preferred_layer Metal4
innovus 1 set_ccopt_property route_type clkroute -net_type trunk
innovus 1 set_ccopt_property route_type clkroute -net_type leaf
innovus1set_ccopt_property buffer_cells{CLKBUFX20 CLKBUFX16 CLKBUFX12
CLKBUFX8 CLKBUFX4 CLKBUFX3 CLKBUFX2 CLKBUFX1 }
innovus1set_ccopt_property inverter_cells{CLKINVX20 CLKINVX16 CLKINVX12
CLKINVX8 CLKINVX4 CLKINVX3 CLKINVX2 CLKINVX1}
innovus 1 set_ccopt_property clock_gating_cells TLATNTSCA*
innovus 1 _ccopt_clock_tree_spec -file ccopt.spec
innovus 1 source ccopt.spec
 ReportTiming
innovus 1time_design
innovus 1timeDesign –postCTS
innovus 1timeDesign –postCTS -hold
innovus 1setDesign –fix_Drc true –fixFanoutLoad true
innovus 1optDesign –PostCTS // fix setup time
innovus 1optDesign –PostCTS –hold // fix setup-hold time
PostRoute
 setNanoMode
innovus 1setNanoRouteMode -quiet -routeAntennaDiode true
innovus 1setNanoRouteMode -quiet -routeDiodeForClockNets true
innovus 1setNanoRouteMode -quiet -routeWithSiDriven true
innovus 1setNanoRouteMode -quiet -routeWithTimingDriven true
innovus 1setNanoRouteMode -quiet -routeAntennaCellName ANTENNA
innovus 1setUsefulSkewMode -maxSkew false -noBoundary false
innovus 1useCells { FILL64 FILL32 FILL16 FILL8 FILL4 FILL2 FILL1 DLY4X1
DLY3X1 DLY2X1 DLY1X1 CLKBUFX20 CLKBUFX16 CLKBUFX12 CLKBUFX8
CLKBUFX4 CLKBUFX3 CLKBUFX2 CLKBUFX1 CLKINVX20 CLKINVX16
CLKINVX12 CLKINVX8 CLKINVX4 CLKINVX3 CLKINVX2 CLKINVX1 } maxAllowed 1
innovus 1 verify_geometry_pvs
innovus 1 verify_connectivity
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