Availability of IO Pads

Do foundries provide the .lib/library of IO Pads separately from standard cells and macros?

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Yes, it is separate library.

Can this IO pad library be provided during synthesis of rtls?

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Yes, it can. But, these pads should be included in your RTL.

Are these IO Pads are available from any other place other than foundry?

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Yes, there are some companies that sell IO pads (as well as other IPs).

oratie said:

Yes, it is separate library.

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Is this IO Pad library also available as a merged library with the standard cells library so that in a single .lib both standard cells and IO Pads be available?

How can we identify an IO Pad library? Does it has a typical name extension which helps to identify an IO Pad library by just seeing the file name of the IO Pad library?

oratie said:

Yes, it can. But, these pads should be included in your RTL.

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When should the IO Pad library cells should be inserted in netlist as a industry standard design flow? Is it the IO Pads are inserted first in netlist during synthesis of rtls as an industry standard design flow?

Yes, there are some companies that sell IO pads (as well as other IPs).
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