Tanner Parasitic Extraction

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High Performance Parasitic ExtractionTanner Parasitic Extraction accurately and quickly extracts circuit parasitics so you can get the design right the first time with accurate interconnect modeling. The tool includes fast 2D and accurate 3D engines for extracting interconnect coupling capacitance and resistance. Tanner Parasitic Extraction saves simulation time with parasitic netlist reductions that are compact yet accurate up to a user-defined signal frequency.

As you migrate to smaller feature sizes, interconnect coupling becomes much more important. This effect is intensified because circuits are operating at higher frequencies and lower voltages. You need the ability to accurately and quickly extract circuit parasitics so you can quickly verify circuit performance.

FEATURES AND BENEFITS:

■ Quickly extract simulation-ready SPICE netlists from layout, including devices (MOSFETs and bipolars) and distributed RC interconnect parasitics

■ Extract accurate, complete parasitic networks for each node, including vertical/lateral coupling capacitance and interconnect resistance

■ Integrated with Tanner L-Edit IC, Tanner Parasitic Extraction can be run from L-Edit’s interactive GUI

■ Platform independence; runs on Windows or Linux

■ Ease of use: intuitive and quick learning curve

■ Unparalleled customer support

■ Flexible licensingTanner Parasitic Extraction UI accurately and quickly extracts circuit parasitics, helping you get your designs right the first time with accurate interconnect modeling.

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Fast 2D ExtractionTanner Parasitic Extraction 2D is an extremely fast extraction engine. It is based on an efficient, finite-element method to accurately extract interconnect resistances, and a fast and comprehensive interpolation method to extract vertical and lateral coupling capacitance.

Accurate 3D ModelingTanner Parasitic Extraction 3D efficiently models the entire circuit and performs a physics-based extraction based on physical parameters (layer thickness, edge geometry, dielectric permittivity and interconnect resistivity). It uses an enhanced finite-element method with mesh optimization to accurately extract interconnect resistances and a robust boundary-element method for capacitance extraction.

Netlist ReductionTanner Parasitic Extraction generates compact and accurate RC models for interconnects that include higher-order moments and that are guaranteed to be accurate up to a user-defined signal frequency. The tool uses an advanced algorithm to break interconnect nodes into RC components, maximizing simulation accuracy while reducing netlist size and simulation time.

Tanner Parasitic Extraction generates compact and accurate RC models for interconnects.

Tanner Parasitic Extraction 2D uses a comprehensive method to extract vertical and lateral coupling capacitance.

Tanner Parasitic Extraction 3D efficiently models the entire circuit.