Integrated Circuits

Question 1

What is Parasitic Extraction?

Answer 1

Calculation of the parasitic effects in both the designed devices and the required wiring interconnects of an electronic circuit: parasitic capacitances, parasitic resistances and parasitic inductances, commonly called parasitic devices, parasitic components, or simply parasitics.

Question 2

What is the main purpose of parasitic extraction?

Answer 2

to create an accurate analog model of the circuit, so that detailed simulations can emulate actual digital and analog circuit responses.