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Chapter 13 Netlist Project Analysis<br />

Pictured below is the geometry project “att_res67.son”, which is a 67 ohm thinfilm<br />

resistor. This project is read by em and analyzed during the netlist analysis.<br />

The results of the project analysis are used to compute the results for the netlist.<br />

Transmission<br />

Line<br />

67 ohm<br />

Thin-Film<br />

Resistor<br />

Transmission<br />

Line<br />

The netlist project, att_combine.son is shown below. The project att_combine.son<br />

is available as part of the Att example for this chapter.<br />

The primary distinction between the netlist shown above and the previous netlist<br />

is that this netlist contains an instruction to perform a project analysis. The PRJ<br />

keyword instructs em to run an electromagnetic analysis on the project<br />

“att_res67.son” using the analysis controls from the netlist. The analysis control<br />

use is indicated by “Hierarchy Sweep” in the PRJ statement. When control is set<br />

to “Hierarchy Sweep”, em automatically analyzes the subproject at the same frequency<br />

sweep and run options as the netlist.<br />

During the analysis, em performs the following steps:<br />

1 Reads S-parameter data from the file “att_res16.s2p”.<br />

2 Performs an electromagnetic analysis of the geometry project<br />

“att_res67.son”, a 67 ohm thin-film resistor.<br />

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