I'm a layout designer and my experience is 23 years of IC custom layout of block level, macro level and top level; floor planning, routing and
physical verification for memory devices including NOR Flash, NAND Flash and 3D NAND.
professional skills:
Layout design of flash memory products(NOR, NAND, 3D NAND):
- feasibility studies, floor-plan, power plan
- full custom blocks layout design, integration and routing
- final layout verification checks (DRC, LVS, Antenna, XOR, etc.) and parasitic extraction
- database management, archiving and tape-out
Experience with Cadence and Mentor tools.
Experience with VXL.
High level proficiency in using Calibre and Hercules tools (LVS, DRC, ERC, parasitic Extraction, DFM
ecc...)
Experience on layout techniques for device matching, minimizing parasitics and high power routing,
common centroid layout, shielding, use of dummy devices, electromigration.
Good knowledge of microsoft office tools (OneNote, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word ...).