How to Remove Devices from a Netlist?

During hierarchical netlisting, you can short the terminals of a device and replace that device with a surviving net. For example, you can short terminals of parasitic devices to remove them from the netlist.

The terminals of a device can be short using any of the following methods:

• Setting the lxRemoveDevice string property at the instance level.
• Using the hnlUserMultiTermShortCVList SKILL variable.
• Using the hnlUserShortCVList SKILL variable.

Removing Devices with Two Terminals

Removing Devices with Multiple Terminals