Cadence Tutorial
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Overview
In this module you will create a symbol for your CMOS inverter.Making the Symbol Cellview
Open the schematic for your inverter cell. In Virtuoso, select Create->Cellview->From Cellview. The following window will open.
Be sure the settings are exactly like the image. Click OK and a symbol options dialog will appear. Specify where you want the pins to appear in the symbol. Since we want to draw the typical inverter symbol we will put the in pin on the left, out on the right, vdd on top an vss at the bottom. Click OK and a symbol will be drawn for you.
Editing the Symbol
This is the generic symbol which you will want to change. Drag the pins and lines around with the drawing tools to get a symbol that you like. You can highlight and delete the parameter labels. We didn't give our cell any parameters so these aren't useful. You final symbol should look something like this.