IBM Design Rules and Cell Libraries

IBM's design rules, SPICE parameters, Cadence design kit, and Agilent ADS models are available from MOSIS. ADS support for IBM is RFDE/Dynamic-Link, and can only be used together with the IBM Cadence design environment. SPICE parameters may be used as design references, but no quantity derived from a simulation should be treated as a manufacturing tolerance. IBM considers these items to be proprietary and only authorizes MOSIS to distribute them to customers who have established MOSIS commercial accounts and who have signed the MOSIS Customer Agreement, which includes the following terms in Section 6C:

EACH PARTY SPECIFICALLY AGREES THAT IT SHALL NOT DISCLOSE ANY MATERIAL WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED PROPRIETARY OR CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL OF THE OTHER PARTY OR OF ANY VENDORS TO ANY THIRD PARTIES. PROPRIETARY MATERIAL SHALL INCLUDE BUT SHALL NOT BE LIMITED TO, PROPRIETARY VENDOR INFORMATION SUCH AS YIELD AND PARAMETRIC DATA, WHETHER IT WAS PROVIDED TO CUSTOMERS OR EXTRACTED BY THEM. EACH PARTY AGREES THAT IT SHALL BE PRECLUDED BY 18 U.S.C. 1905 AND ANY AND ALL OTHER APPROPRIATE LAWS AND REGULATIONS FROM KNOWINGLY DIVULGING THE TRADE SECRETS OF THE OTHER PARTY, AND/OR ANY THIRD-PARTY VENDOR.

Procedures

1. To obtain any of these items you must have an account with MOSIS. To open or re-activate a commercial account with MOSIS, complete and send the Commercial Account Application along with all appropriate signed agreements. Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the application package.
2. Execute the confidentiality agreement (CDA).

   The CDA covers the design information disclosed by the customer to MOSIS. Customer signs as "Discloser." If you already have the design kit from IBM, the CDA is still needed.

3. Execute the design kit license agreement (DKLA).

   The DKLA covers the IBM design kit provided by MOSIS to the customer. Customer signs as "Recipient." If you already have the design kit from IBM, the DKLA is not needed.

4. To apply for document access, submit the Vendor Document Access Request form.
   • SiGe BiCMOS
   • CMOS/SOI CMOS

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Special instructions for academic institutions

Academic institutions must also provide the Academic Account Document Access Application, in addition to the Request Form, the DKLA, and the CDA. The Academic Account Document Access Application contains the following:

• Account Information
• Fabrication Plan
• Account Liaison NDA
• List of students, staff, and other faculty that have signed the individual NDA.

Additionally, a Mini-Proposal may be requested of the academic institution.

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Cell Libraries

To access the ARM standard cell libraries, pads, and memory generators (8RF, and 9LP/RF processes), users must request access via the CMOS survey form above. The request will be reviewed and when approved, non-academic users can register for the libraries at the ARM web site.

Limited digital libraries from IBM are available for the 5HP, 5AM, 5DM, 6HP, 6RF, 7HP, 7WL, 8HP, and 8WL processes via the MOSIS secure document server, after design kit access has been granted.

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Specific Process Pages

SiGe BiCMOS
45 nm	65 nm	90 nm	0.13 µm	0.18 µm	0.25 µm	0.35 µm	0.50 µm
			8HP 8WL	7WL 7HP	6HP, 6DM 6WL	5HPE 5PAe	5DM 5AM 5PA 5HP
CMOS
45 nm	65 nm	90 nm	0.13 µm	0.18 µm	0.25 µm	0.35 µm	0.50 µm
12SOI	10SF 10LPe/RFe	9SF 9LP/RF	8RF-LM 8RF-DM	7SF 7RF 7RFSOI 7HV	6RF

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