IEC 62265:2005

Advanced Library Format (ALF) describing Integrated Circuit (IC) technology, cells and blocks

Provides rules that describe ALF and how tool developers, integrators, library creators, and library users should use it.

General Information

• Status: Withdrawn
• Publication Date: 19-Jul-2005
• Withdrawal Date: 03-Aug-2010
• ICS: 25.040.99 - Other industrial automation systems
• ICS: 35.160 - Microprocessor systems
• ICS: 35.240.01 - Application of information technology in general
• Technical Committee: TC 91 - Electronics assembly technology
• Drafting Committee: WG 2 - TC 91/WG 2
• Current Stage: WPUB - Publication withdrawn
• Completion Date: 04-Aug-2010

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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD 62265
First edition
2005-07

IEEE 1603
Advanced Library Format (ALF)
describing Integrated Circuit (IC) technology,
cells and blocks
Reference number
IEC 62265(E):2005
IEEE Std. 1603(E):2003
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INTERNATIONAL IEC
STANDARD 62265
First edition
2005-07

IEEE 1603
Advanced Library Format (ALF)
describing Integrated Circuit (IC) technology,
cells and blocks
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IEEE 1603-2003(E)
CONTENTS
FOREWORD .9

IEEE Introduction .12

1. Overview.14

1.1 Scope and purpose .14

1.2 Application of this standard.15

1.2.1 Creation and characterization of library elements .15

1.2.2 Basic implementation and performance analysis of an IC .17

1.2.3 Hierarchical implementation and virtual prototyping of an IC.18
1.3 Conventions used in this standard .21
1.4 Contents of this standard.21
2. References.22
3. Definitions .22
4. Acronyms. 23
5. ALF language construction principles. 24
5.1 ALF metalanguage. 25
5.2 Categories of ALF statements. 26
5.3 Generic objects and library-specific objects. 28
5.4 Singular statements and plural statements. 30
5.5 Instantiation statement and assignment statement. 31
5.6 Annotation, arithmetic model, and related statements. 33
5.7 Statements for parser control . 34
5.8 Name space and visibility of statements. 35
6. Lexical rules. 35
6.1 Character set . 35
6.2 Comment. 37
6.3 Delimiter . 38
6.4 Operator . 38
6.4.1 Arithmetic operator. 39
6.4.2 Boolean operator. 39
6.4.3 Relational operator. 40

6.4.4 Shift operator . 41
6.4.5 Event operator. 41
6.4.6 Meta operator. 41
6.5 Number . 42
6.6 Index value and index. 42
6.7 Multiplier prefix symbol and multiplier prefix value . 43
6.8 Bit literal . 44
6.9 Based literal . 45
6.10 Boolean value . 45
6.11 Arithmetic value . 45
6.12 Edge literal and edge value. 46
6.13 Identifier. 46
6.13.1 Non-escaped identifier. 47
6.13.2 Placeholder identifier. 47
6.13.3 Indexed identifier. 47
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6.13.4 Full hierarchical identifier . 47

6.13.5 Partial hierarchical identifier . 48

6.13.6 Escaped identifier . 48

6.13.7 Keyword identifier. 49

6.14 Quoted string. 49

6.15 String value. 50
6.16 Generic value . 50
6.17 Vector expression macro . 51
6.18 Rules for whitespace usage. 51

6.19 Rules against parser ambiguity . 51

7. Generic objects and related statements. 52
7.1 Generic object . 52
7.2 All purpose item. 52
7.3 Annotation . 53
7.4 Annotation container. 53
7.5 ATTRIBUTE statement. 53
7.6 PROPERTY statement. 54
7.7 ALIAS declaration. 54
7.8 CONSTANT declaration . 55
7.9 KEYWORD declaration . 55
7.10 SEMANTICS declaration . 56
7.11 Annotations and rules related to a KEYWORD or a SEMANTICS declaration. 57
7.11.1 VALUETYPE annotation. 57
7.11.2 VALUES annotation. 59
7.11.3 DEFAULT annotation . 59
7.11.4 CONTEXT annotation. 60
7.11.5 REFERENCETYPE annotation. 61
7.11.6 SI_MODEL annotation. 62
7.11.7 Rules for legal usage of KEYWORD and SEMANTICS declaration. 63
7.12 CLASS declaration . 64
7.13 Annotations related to a CLASS declaration. 64
7.13.1 General CLASS reference annotation. 64
7.13.2 USAGE annotation . 65
7.14 GROUP declaration . 66
7.15 TEMPLATE declaration. 67
7.16 TEMPLATE instantiation. 68
7.17 INCLUDE statement.
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