The objective of this home page is to give a tutorial to circuit designers who would like to get acquainted with Cadence design tools newer version 4.4.3.  A step by step tutorial approach is adopted.  It is the hope of the author that by the end of this tutuorial session, the user would have known how to create a schematic, perform simple manual layouts and, of course, run simulations.  A section, Sending your IC Chip to MOSIS for Fabrication, is included for those who would like to submit their chip layout to MOSIS for fabrication.

Those of you who have some basic knowledge of Cadence tools already may prefer to jump ahead to your desired topic without fearing the loss of continuity.  There is also a possibility that you have a different technique to implement the same steps described in this tutorial, which may be more effecient. However, this tutorial is an ideal way of getting started with Cadence for a person who has never used it before. Some topics might appear tedious, but be patient... there's light at the end of the tunnel.  Above all, have fun!  Isn't that what learning is supposed to be?! 

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