What is a netlist?

Creating/Editing Netlist Projects - Netlists

A netlist project contains a netlist which consists of one or more networks with elements connected together. The netlist provides a map in which the ports of individual elements in the netlist are connected to the ports of other elements by the use of nodes. Nodes represent a connection between netlist elements

See the Netlist for this circuit.

The picture above shows a network. Click on the network to see the netlist which represents it in the project editor. The nodes are represented by the numbered black dots. The geometry project, steps.son, is connected between nodes 1 and 2 with node 1 corresponding to Port 1 in the geometry project and node 2 corresponding to Port 2. A resistor is connected between nodes 2 and 3. A capacitor is connected between node 3 and ground. The project steps.son is also connected between nodes 3 and 4, with Port 1 corresponding to node 4 and Port 2 corresponding to node 3. Port 1 of the network example_net corresponds to node 1 and port 2 of the network corresponds to node 4.

To create a netlist, see How do I create a project?

For a detailed discussion of the netlist project, please see the "Netlist Project Analysis" chapter in the Sonnet User's Guide.