Cadence CADENCE MASKCOMPOSE RETICLE AND WAFER SYNTHESIS SUITE Datasheet

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TASHEET

The Cadence

®

 MaskCompose suite is a series of software modules 

that work together to bring new levels of automation and efficiency 

to the tapeout environment. Frame generation, wafer layout, 

fracture preparation, generation of jobdecks and order forms, and 

customized paperwork is fast and consistently correct, reducing 

mask-making cycle times and cost while speeding time to market.

OUT

Circuit(s) and 

drop-ins

IN

MaskCompose

cluster-builder 

module

MaskCompose

implementation

module

MaskCompose

definition module

Reticle design(s)

PG jobdecks

Wafer layout

Paperwork

Recipes

MaskCompose

interactive 

placement function

Reduced fab cost

Customization

Verification

dataprep,

pattern 

conversion

Cadence QuickView

data viewing and

communication

Fracture Ctl files

Figure 1: MaskCompose schematic overview

CADENCE MASKCOMPOSE 

RETICLE AND WAFER 

SYNTHESIS SUITE

CADENCE 

MASKCOMPOSE SUITE

Within the Cadence MaskCompose suite, 

technology-and fab-specific requirements 

for the tapeout flow are captured by 

appropriate specialists at high levels of 

abstraction using a “definition module” 

GUI. Once captured, this flow definition 

information can be used over and over 

again by ”implementation modules”  

to automatically generate appropriate  

circuit-specific output data.

Flow definitions may be as simple or  

as complex as necessary to handle 

customer needs; however, once captured, 

implementation for specific designs is 

simple and automatic. Easy-to-use 

implementation modules reference 

definition information and quickly 

generate all appropriate output data.