Naming

Library Naming

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

:lib_process:`<Process name>` _ :lib_src:`<Library Source Abbreviation>` _ :lib_type:`<Library Type Abbreviation>` [_ :lib_name:`<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 :lib_process:`Process name` in is the name of the process technology.

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

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

• The :lib_type:`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 :lib_type:`Library Type Abbreviations`;

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

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