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<@U016EM8L91B>, <@U01RSNFAM55>, <@U029P6JGBT4> Hello, We are laying out PNP BJTs in Magic but we are facing issues in clearing lvs. The spice files generated by xschem shows 3 pins while the spice file generated by the  magic shows only 2 pins. magic considers the collector pin as substrate. Can you please help us in resolving this issue. The snapshots of xschem schematic, magic layout and both the spice files are attached

<@U03L7HG0V52>:  I can confirm the issue, and I am looking into it.

<@U03L7HG0V52>:  This is an issue with the `open_pdks` installer.  However, there is a very easy workaround, which is to use the cell named `sky130_fd_pr__rf_pnp_05v5_W3p40L3p40`  (note the `rf` in the middle).  This is exactly the same layout as you are using.  There are no differences between the RF and non-RF versions of the cell, except for the fact that the magic view of the RF cell has been annotated during the PDK build with a special identifier layer so that it will extract correctly.  The non-RF version of the cell was accidentally left off of the list of layouts to be annotated.  I will fix the PDK, but changing the cell name will get you moving ahead with your design immediately.

Alright thank you for the prompt response