In this example, we did not pay much attention to the location of the transistors while building them. As long as the design rules are not violated, the transistors can be placed in any arbitrary arrangement. Yet based on our original signal flow diagram, it is more desirable to place the PMOS transistor directly on top of the NMOS transitor- for a more compact layout.
1. Select the PMOS transistor
First make sure that you are in selection mode. If you are in any other mode (like rectangle drawing mode) exit the mode by pressing "ESC". Now using the mouse, click and drag a box that covers your PMOS. If you were successful, all the objects within the PMOS would be highlighted as in the figure below:
2. From the menu Edit select the option Move
( Edit --> Move )
A window will pop-up similar to the copy window. This time we will have to change the Snap Mode option to Anyangle so that we can move the transistor freely.
3. Pick the reference point
We will be asked to find a reference point for the object to be moved. The cursor will practically grab the object from that reference point. Since we want an accurate placement, it is advisable to select a point for which alignment is simpler. The corner between the diffusion and the poly is a good place to grab the PMOS.
After we have picked the reference point, the outline of the shape will appear attached to the cursor and we will be able to move the shape around. Since the minimum distance from diffusion to the n-well edge is 1.8u, the PMOS and NMOS have to be at least 3.6u apart. We can place a ruler to help us aligning the two shapes and to measure the distance.
4. Place the transistor
You can drop the selected object (in this case consisting of the n-well, the p-active, poly and contacts) into its final location by clicking once on the left mouse button.
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