Integrated Circuit Test Engineering
Modern Techniques
CIF File Example
Chapter 2
Figure 2.10 is a static CMOS inverter cell CIF file. The layout is shown below.

The layers use are:
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CIF File Layer Name |
Layer Description |
Colour |
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NWELL |
N-type material well in p-substrate |
Light pink (no fill) |
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PPLUS |
P+ material |
Light pink (speckled fill) |
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DIFF |
Diffusion (defining active area of transistors) |
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NPLUS |
N+ material |
Yellow (speckled fill) |
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POLY1 |
Polysilicon layer number 1 |
Red (shaded) |
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CONTACT |
Connection between either (i) POLY1 and METAL1 (ii) METAL1 and NPLUS (iii) METAL1 and PPLUS |
Light green (Solid fill) |
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METAL1 |
Metal layer number 1 |
Dark blue (shaded) |