


KIC(1ICD)		     3/04/87			KIC(1ICD)



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     kic - graphics editor for layout of an IC mask set.

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     kkkkiiiicccc [----gggg graphics] [----dddd device] [----ssss] [----LLLL] [cell ...]

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     One of the following options can be specified:

     ----gggg   <graphics> will be used as the graphics terminal name.
	  Normally the environment variable TERM is used to
	  obtain the graphics terminal name.

     ----dddd   <device> will be used as the device name.  Normally
	  stdin and stdout will be used as output device.

     ----ssss   If this flag is set, _k_i_c will not split its screen.

     ----LLLL   If this flag is set the coordinate_space one can use is
	  enlarged from 2E7 to 2E8. However the number of values
	  between two coordinates is decreased from 100 to 10,
	  resulting in e.g. a worse approximation of a circle.

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     _K_i_c is an interactive graphics program for laying out IC
     mask sets.  _K_i_c can handle a great variety of non-orthogonal
     mask geometries.

     See the _k_i_c tutorial for more details.

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     Giles Billingsley, Ken Keller

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     proj_dir/.dmrc			     (input file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/box		     (in/output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/info		     (in/output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/mc		     (in/output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/term		     (in/output file)
     proj_dir/layout/_c_e_l_l/nor		     (in/output file)

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     Giles Billingsley, Ken Keller, "KIC: A Graphics Editor for
     Integrated Circuits", University of California at Berkeley.

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     The known bugs are listed in the _k_i_c tutorial.

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     The wire geometry in _k_i_c is assumed to be a square-ended
     wire that extends a half wire-width beyond its endpoints.




		   The Nelsis IC Design System			1



