Automating the cumbersome initial setup for via merging …
Last July, we published an application note on automated via merging in ADS. The only downside if this approach is the initial setup work, to configure via merging once for a library or PDK. This is no rocket science, but it must be done with care and takes some time. Could we possibly automate this?
YES! The new Retrofit Viamerge tool does the work for you, and automaticaly creates a new substrate version for automatic viamerging. This makes it very easy to add via merging with derived layers to an existing library or PDK, without manual setup work.