Block Level Power Pins #5166
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This question surfaced when looking at some of the test cases in pdn that are using upf. I got confused as to how exactly OpenROAD decides to use a specific power net as a block level power pin. For example,
power_switch_upf_regions.tcl
doesn't declare block level power pins at all. Also,power_switch_upf_star.tcl
declares the output from the power switch cell as block level but doesn't do the same for the input to the power switch cell.I noticed the argument
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indefine_pdn_grid
, this will select nets based on layers but will not filter out certain nets. At the moment, I don't think this is a problem but I am still wondering about how the tool operates.Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
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