STEP BY STEP--Standard Cell Library

This website is dedicated to those who is interested in making a standard cell library.

A standard cell library (SCL) contains the basic building blocks for designing an integrated circuit.  It has a fixed set of well-characterized logic blocks.  Once an integrated circuit is built using the library, that circuit’s behavior will depend on information within the individual cells from the library.  This information includes parasitic capacitance, area, and delay.  In order to qualify as a standard cell library, it has to include NAND, NOR, inverter, and D flip-flops.  SCL is commonly employed by Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) designers due to the library’s robustness and flexibility, resulting in quick turnaround times.

In this website, we will guide you though construction of a two input NAND gate for a SCL. The SCL is constructed using .18-micron technology. Please refer to www.mosis.org for more information about the technology.

The following diagram is the major steps in constructing SCL. Please click on the box to reveal the steps for each blocks.