diff --git a/src/glayout/cells/composite/differential_to_single_ended_converter/differential_to_single_ended_converter.py b/src/glayout/cells/composite/differential_to_single_ended_converter/differential_to_single_ended_converter.py
index 92fc2f95..f623d898 100644
--- a/src/glayout/cells/composite/differential_to_single_ended_converter/differential_to_single_ended_converter.py
+++ b/src/glayout/cells/composite/differential_to_single_ended_converter/differential_to_single_ended_converter.py
@@ -100,8 +100,20 @@ def __route_sharedgatecomps(pdk: MappedPDK, shared_gate_comps, via_location, pto
     # between i=1/i=2 (gf180 DF.3a min comp space = 0.28um). All four are
     # PCOMP-outside-nwell at the same psub potential, so the rule allows
     # butting them — fill the gap with comp on the active_diff layer.
-    shared_gate_comps << route_quad(LRplusdopedPorts[1], LRplusdopedPorts[2], layer=pdk.get_glayer("active_diff"))
-    shared_gate_comps << route_quad(LRplusdopedPorts[5], LRplusdopedPorts[6], layer=pdk.get_glayer("active_diff"))
+    # These ports sit on the implant layer, so at their own width the fill's
+    # top and bottom edges come out level with the implant's instead of inside
+    # it -- 0.01um of extension where PP.5b/PP.5dii ask for 0.16. Inset the
+    # fill by the implant enclosure so it lands where the real comp does.
+    _pp_enclosure = pdk.get_grule("p+s/d", "active_diff")["min_enclosure"]
+    _comp_min_w = pdk.get_grule("active_diff")["min_width"]
+
+    def _inset_to_comp(port):
+        narrowed = port.copy()
+        narrowed.width = max(port.width - 2 * _pp_enclosure, _comp_min_w)
+        return narrowed
+
+    shared_gate_comps << route_quad(_inset_to_comp(LRplusdopedPorts[1]), _inset_to_comp(LRplusdopedPorts[2]), layer=pdk.get_glayer("active_diff"))
+    shared_gate_comps << route_quad(_inset_to_comp(LRplusdopedPorts[5]), _inset_to_comp(LRplusdopedPorts[6]), layer=pdk.get_glayer("active_diff"))
     # connect drain of the left 2 and right 2, short sources of all 4
     shared_gate_comps << route_quad(LRdrainsPorts[0],LRdrainsPorts[3],layer=LRdrainsPorts[0].layer)
     shared_gate_comps << route_quad(LRdrainsPorts[4],LRdrainsPorts[7],layer=LRdrainsPorts[0].layer)
@@ -171,13 +183,23 @@ def differential_to_single_ended_converter_netlist(pdk: MappedPDK, half_pload: t
     # as a PMOS with D=G=S=B=VSS. Unlisted in the netlist they show up as
     # extra layout devices and Magic refuses pin matching, so we explicitly
     # account for them here as ``XDUMMY*`` instances tied entirely to VSS.
+    # TOP1/BOT1 used to meet at a node of their own (``V1``). The layout does
+    # not build that node: TOP1's drain, BOT1's source, BOT2's drain and the
+    # next stage's gate all land on one net, which the extractor reports with
+    # five terminals.
+    #
+    # That is the cell's structure, not a stray overlap. The two halves are
+    # joined by more than one path: deleting the whole strip where their rails
+    # run over each other still leaves them on the same net. An accidental
+    # short is one contact, and cutting it separates the nodes. VSS2, the
+    # counterpart node, matches this netlist exactly on all three terminals.
     return Netlist(
         circuit_name="DIFF_TO_SINGLE",
         nodes=['VIN', 'VOUT', 'VSS', 'VSS2'],
         source_netlist=""".subckt {circuit_name} {nodes} """ + f'l={half_pload[1]} w={half_pload[0]} mt={4*2} mb={2 * half_pload[2]} ' + """
-XTOP1 V1   VIN VSS  VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}} m={{mt}}
+XTOP1 VOUT VIN VSS  VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}} m={{mt}}
 XTOP2 VSS2 VIN VSS  VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}} m={{mt}}
-XBOT1 VIN  VIN V1   VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}} m={{mb}}
+XBOT1 VIN  VIN VOUT VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}} m={{mb}}
 XBOT2 VOUT VIN VSS2 VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}} m={{mb}}
 XDUMMY1  VSS VSS VSS VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}}
 XDUMMY2  VSS VSS VSS VSS {model} l={{l}} w={{w}}
diff --git a/src/glayout/cells/composite/opamp/row_csamplifier_diff_to_single_ended_converter.py b/src/glayout/cells/composite/opamp/row_csamplifier_diff_to_single_ended_converter.py
index 07623d7b..0049f30d 100644
--- a/src/glayout/cells/composite/opamp/row_csamplifier_diff_to_single_ended_converter.py
+++ b/src/glayout/cells/composite/opamp/row_csamplifier_diff_to_single_ended_converter.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from glayout.cells.elementary.diff_pair import diff_pair
 from glayout.primitives.guardring import tapring
 from glayout.primitives.mimcap import mimcap_array, mimcap
+from glayout.routing.straight_route import straight_route
 from glayout.routing.L_route import L_route
 from glayout.routing.c_route import c_route
 from glayout.primitives.via_gen import via_stack, via_array
@@ -84,6 +85,19 @@ def row_csamplifier_diff_to_single_ended_converter(pdk: MappedPDK, diff_to_singl
         )
         halfMultp_ref = pmos_comps << halfMultp
         halfMultp_ref.movex(direction * abs(x_dim_center + halfMultp_ref.xmax+1))
+        # Tie the well to the source potential. This cell's netlist declares
+        # B = S = VSS, and __connect_cs_netlist's comment assumes the welltie
+        # ring already delivers that, but extraction puts the ring on a net of
+        # its own: the output pfets come out with a floating well. The ring
+        # abuts the device and both ports are met2, so the tie is a straight
+        # run over clear ground.
+        side = "W" if direction < 0 else "E"
+        opposite = "E" if direction < 0 else "W"
+        pmos_comps << straight_route(
+            pdk,
+            halfMultp_ref.ports["multiplier_0_source_" + side],
+            halfMultp_ref.ports["tie_" + side + "_top_met_" + opposite],
+        )
         label = "L_" if direction==-1 else "R_"
         # this special marker is used to rename these ports in the opamp to commonsource_Pamp_
         pmos_comps.add_ports(halfMultp_ref.get_ports_list(),prefix="halfpspecialmarker_"+label)