How to create a netlist in AWR

While a schematic is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit, a netlist is a text-based description of a circuit expressed in a standard format. In Cadence® Microwave Office® software, netlists are used to define subcircuits, which you can place in higher-level schematics as SUBCKT blocks. These netlists can be expressed in Cadence APLAC® HB, HSPICE®, or Spectre® simulator format. Microwave Office software can also translate Touchstone® and PSpice® netlists to Cadence format as they are imported. The Netlists node in the Project browser contains a subnode for each netlist that you create or import into the Microwave Office program for a project. Following figure shows a netlist subnode.

To create a new netlist:

1. Right-click Netlists in the Project browser and choose New Netlist or go to Project > Add Netlist > New Netlist.

The New Netlist dialog box displays.

2. Enter a name for the netlist, select a netlist type, and click Create.

Note: An empty netlist window opens in the workspace, and the Project browser displays the new netlist as a node under Netlists. Also, any netlist created within the Microwave Office program adheres to the AWR netlist format.

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