Rice University
Elec 422 VLSI Design I
Color Code for Stick Diagrams and Magic Layout Editor
The following color code is rather standard for most CMOS processes and layout editor. We have access to only two layers of metal in the MOSIS AMI 1.5 micron process.
Also refer to the color palette in Magic by typing “:load palette” in a test window.
PolySilicon -- Red
Ndiffusion -- Green
Pdiffusion -- Brown
Metal1 -- Blue
Metal2 -- Purple
Contacts/Via -- Black “X”
Nsubstrate Contact -- Green “X”
Psubstrate Contact -- Brown “X”