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@dnltz dnltz commented Feb 7, 2026

Place add_global_connection for power and ground nets in the padring before the padring got created.

Also remove add_global_connection from the ihp-sg13g2 default pdn.tcl file, because it should be defined in the FOOTPRINT_TCL file.

See #3867 for reference.

dnltz added 2 commits February 7, 2026 18:51
Remove add_global_connections for padring cells in the PDN_TCL file.
These nets should be defined in the FOOTPRINT_TCL before the padring
is created.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Schultz <dnltz@aesc-silicon.de>
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Add global connections for the padring before the padring actually
got created. So, move the add_global_connections from the pdn.tcl
file to the pad.tcl file.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Schultz <dnltz@aesc-silicon.de>
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Why move the pad related connect out of the platform? It seems like it would be relevant to any design with pads, no?

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dnltz commented Feb 8, 2026

Why move the pad related connect out of the platform? It seems like it would be relevant to any design with pads, no?

The pdn.tcl file is the wrong location and too late. Those nets should be created before the padring got placed.

I would like to make a proposal soon to move some of common code from https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD-flow-scripts/blob/master/flow/designs/ihp-sg13g2/i2c-gpio-expander/pad.tcl into a platform-specific file. For example, the calc_horizontal_pad_Location function can be re-used. This common file should also properly define the padring nets.

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dnltz commented Feb 8, 2026

I wrote down my idea here: #3875

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