Tiny Tapeout GF 0.1 · Made on a GlobalFoundries private MPW run

Cell test: OSU 12-track 3.3 V cells

CEL5 · Test structures · 0.225 × 0.225 mm

Rendered from the layout at 0.33 µm per pixel. Layers: NwellDiffusionPolysiliconMetal 1Metal 2Metal 3Metal 4Metal 5Top metalPad openings

Logic density

Core average
logic cells per mm²
20k
Densest 0.1 mm square
logic cells per mm²
30k
Core covered by logic41%
Transistor density
transistors per mm²
52k average, 78k in the 0.1 mm square with the most logic cells

Every figure here is measured from the public layout, the same way for every design on the chip: see data and method, and how its designs used the process.

Standard cell test in Oklahoma State University's 12-track 3.3 V library (gf180mcu_osu_sc_gp12t3v3), with its wells and implants redrawn. A chain of 1,024 inverters delays a Manchester-coded counter, so the speed of the cells can be measured on the chip from its output pin; each pair of cell tests has a core supply of its own.

Size225 × 225 µm (0.051 mm²)
Celltt_cell_macro_5
Transistors2,754
Logic cells1,082 + 2,237 filler and tap cells
Libraries OSU 12t-3.3V (1k)
SRAMNo SRAM

Process features

Which parts of the GF180MCU process this design uses: its transistor voltages and where they come from, its gate oxides, and any devices drawn by hand outside the standard cells, SRAM and pads.

3.3 VOSU 12t-3.3V standard cells
Gate oxidesThin only (3.3 V) in the design itself

Where the area went

How this project's area splits between logic cells, filler and tap cells and other.

41%
29%
30%
  • Logic cells 0.02 mm² (41%)
  • Filler and tap cells 0.02 mm² (29%)
  • Other 0.02 mm² (30%)

Most used cells

The ten standard cells this design uses most.

CellLibraryInstancesWhat it does
clkinv_1OSU 12t-3.3V 1,029Clock inverter
dff_1OSU 12t-3.3V 12D flip-flop (1 bit storage)
nor2_1OSU 12t-3.3V 72-input NOR gate
xnor2_1OSU 12t-3.3V 52-input XNOR gate
mux2_1OSU 12t-3.3V 42-input multiplexer
or2_1OSU 12t-3.3V 42-input OR gate
xor2_1OSU 12t-3.3V 42-input XOR gate
and2_1OSU 12t-3.3V 32-input AND gate
aoi21_1OSU 12t-3.3V 3AND-OR-Invert compound gate
clkbuf_16OSU 12t-3.3V 3Clock buffer (16x drive)

Logic density map

212 logic cells, 500 transistors 273 logic cells, 582 transistors 26 logic cells, 50 transistors 250 logic cells, 684 transistors 298 logic cells, 780 transistors 23 logic cells, 56 transistors 0 logic cells, 44 transistors 0 logic cells, 58 transistors 0 logic cells, 0 transistors Densest SRAM-free 0.1 mm square: 298 logic cells 21k 27k 25k 30k

Logic cells per mm² in each 0.1 mm square of the block (counted in the square, scaled up to a mm²). Hatched outlines are SRAM macros; the red outline is the densest 0.1 mm square that avoids them (30k logic cells per mm²), found by sliding a 0.1 mm square over the block in 20 µm steps, so it can straddle the fixed squares and find more than any one of them. Squares at the edges are partial, so they read low.

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