Patent ID: 8418120

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for performing a netlist reduction for a multi-finger device, the method comprising: extracting a netlist for the multi-finger device, wherein each finger in the multi-finger device has a width and the netlist includes a set of parasitic resistive elements, a set of parasitic inductive elements, and a set of parasitic capacitive elements; identifying at least one of a common gate node for the multi-finger device, a common source node for the multi-finger device, a common drain node for the multi-finger device, a common diffusion node for the multi-finger device, and a common substrate node for the multi-finger device; replacing all fingers of the multi-finger device with a new device having a total width equivalent to a sum of the widths of the fingers of the multi-finger device; combining the set of parasitic resistive elements into a set of common resistive elements; and producing a reduced netlist for the multi-finger device by placing the set of common resistive elements at a set of respective common nodes for the multi-finger device.