circuit.proto

//!
//! # vlsir Circuit Schema
//!

syntax = "proto3";
package vlsir.circuit;
import "utils.proto";

// # Package
// A Collection of Modules and ExternalModules
message Package {
  // Domain Name
  string domain = 1;
  // `Module` Definitions
  repeated Module modules = 2;
  // `ExternalModule` interfaces used by `modules`, and available externally
  repeated ExternalModule ext_modules = 3;
  // Description
  string desc = 10;
}

// # Port
// An externally-visible `Signal` with a `Direction`.
message Port {
  enum Direction {
    INPUT = 0;
    OUTPUT = 1;
    INOUT = 2;
    NONE = 3;
  }
  string signal = 1;        // Reference to `Signal` by name
  Direction direction = 2;  // Port direction
}

// # Signal
// A named connection element, potentially with non-unit `width`.
message Signal {
  // Signal Name
  string name = 1;
  // Bus Width
  int64 width = 2;
}

// # Signal Slice
// Reference to a subset of bits of `signal`.
// Indices `top` and `bot` are both inclusive, similar to popular HDLs.
message Slice {
  // Parent Signal Name
  string signal = 1;
  // Top Index
  int64 top = 2;
  // Bottom Index
  int64 bot = 3;
}

// Signal Concatenation
// FIXME: documentation of ordering, MSB-LSB
message Concat {
  repeated ConnectionTarget parts = 1;
}

// # ConnectionTarget Union
// Enumerates all types that can be
// (a) Connected to Ports, and
// (b) Concatenated
message ConnectionTarget {
  oneof stype {
    string sig = 1;     // Reference to `Signal` (name) `sig`
    Slice slice = 2;    // Slice into signals
    Concat concat = 3;  // Concatenation of signals
  }
}

// # Port Connection 
// Pairing between an Instance port (name) and a parent-module ConnectionTarget.
message Connection {
  string portname = 1;
  ConnectionTarget target = 2;
}

// Module Instance
message Instance {
  // Instance Name
  string name = 1;
  // Reference to Module instantiated
  vlsir.utils.Reference module = 2;
  // Parameter Values
  repeated vlsir.utils.Param parameters = 3;
  // Port `Connection`s
  repeated Connection connections = 4;
}

// Module - the primary unit of hardware re-use
message Module {
  // Module Name
  string name = 1;
  // Port List, referring to elements of `signals` by name 
  // Ordered as they will be in order-sensitive formats, such as typical netlist formats. 
  repeated Port ports = 2;
  // Signal Definitions, including externally-facing `Port` signals
  repeated Signal signals = 3;
  // Module Instances
  repeated Instance instances = 4;
  // Parameters
  repeated vlsir.utils.Param parameters = 5;
  // Literal Contents, e.g. in downstream EDA formats
  repeated string literals = 6;
}

// Spice Type, used to identify what a component is in spice
enum SpiceType {
  // The default value is implicitly SUBCKT
  SUBCKT = 0;
  RESISTOR = 1;
  CAPACITOR = 2;
  INDUCTOR = 3;
  MOS = 4;
  DIODE = 5;
  BIPOLAR = 6;
  VSOURCE = 7;
  ISOURCE = 8;
  VCVS = 9;
  VCCS = 10;
  CCCS = 11;
  CCVS = 12;
  TLINE = 13;
}

// # Externally Defined Module
// Primarily for sake of port-ordering, for translation with connect-by-position
// formats.
message ExternalModule {

  // Qualified External Module Name
  vlsir.utils.QualifiedName name = 1;
  // Description
  string desc = 2;
  // Port Definitions
  // Ordered as they will be in order-sensitive formats, such as typical netlist formats. 
  repeated Port ports = 3;
  // Signal Definitions, limited to those used by external-facing ports.
  repeated Signal signals = 4;
  // Params
  repeated vlsir.utils.Param parameters = 5;
  // Spice Type, SUBCKT by default
  SpiceType spicetype = 6;
}

// # Interface
// Defines the logical IO of a `Module`
message Interface {
  // Cell Name
  string name = 1;
  // Port List
  repeated Port ports = 10;
}