Naming

Library Naming

Libraries in the Google open source PDKs are named using the following scheme;

<Process name> _ <Library Source Abbreviation> _ <Library Type Abbreviation> [_ <Library Name>]

All sections are lower case and separated by an underscore. All sections must start with an alpha character (they must not start with a number).

The sections are;

• The Process name in is the name of the process technology.

• The Library Source Abbreviations is a short abbreviation for who created and is responsible for the library. The table below shows the current list of Library Source Abbreviations;

  Library Source	Library Source Abbreviation
  Technology’s foundry	fd
  Efabless	ef
  Oklahoma State University	osu

• The Library Type Abbreviation is a short two letter abbreviation for the type of content found in the library. The table below shows the current list of Library Type Abbreviations;

  Library Type	Library Type Abbreviation
  Primitive Cells	pr
  Digital Standard Cells	sc
  Build Space (Flash, SRAM, etc)	sp
  IO and Periphery	io
  Miscellaneous	xx

• The Library Name is an optional short abbreviated name used when there are multiple libraries of a given type released from a single library source. If only one library of a given type is going to ever be released, this can be left out.