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<title>LVS Reference: Global Functions</title>
<keyword name="global"/>
<p>
Some functions are available on global level and can be used without any object.
Most of them are convenience functions that basically act on some default object
or provide function-like alternatives for the methods.
</p><p>
LVS is built upon DRC. So all functions available in DRC are also available
in LVS. In LVS, DRC functions are used to derive functional layers from original 
layers or specification of the layout source.
</p><p>
For more details about the DRC functions see <a href="/about/drc_ref_global.xml">DRC::global</a>.
</p>
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<h2>"align" - Aligns the extracted netlist vs. the schematic by flattening circuits where required</h2>
<keyword name="align"/>
<a name="align"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>align</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#align">Netter#align</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"compare" - Compares the extracted netlist vs. the schematic</h2>
<keyword name="compare"/>
<a name="compare"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>compare</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#compare">Netter#compare</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"equivalent_pins" - Marks pins as equivalent</h2>
<keyword name="equivalent_pins"/>
<a name="equivalent_pins"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>equivalent_pins(circuit, pins ...)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#equivalent_pins">Netter#equivalent_pins</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"max_branch_complexity" - Configures the maximum branch complexity for ambiguous net matching</h2>
<keyword name="max_branch_complexity"/>
<a name="max_branch_complexity"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>max_branch_complexity(n)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#max_branch_complexity">Netter#max_branch_complexity</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"max_depth" - Configures the maximum search depth for net match deduction</h2>
<keyword name="max_depth"/>
<a name="max_depth"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>max_depth(n)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#max_depth">Netter#max_depth</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"max_res" - Ignores resistors with a resistance above a certain value</h2>
<keyword name="max_res"/>
<a name="max_res"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>max_res(threshold)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#max_res">Netter#max_res</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"min_caps" - Ignores capacitors with a capacitance below a certain value</h2>
<keyword name="min_caps"/>
<a name="min_caps"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>min_caps(threshold)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#min_caps">Netter#min_caps</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"netter" - Creates a new netter object</h2>
<keyword name="netter"/>
<a name="netter"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>netter</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml">Netter</a> for more details
</p>
<h2>"report_lvs" - Specifies an LVS report for output</h2>
<keyword name="report_lvs"/>
<a name="report_lvs"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>report_lvs([ filename [, long ] ])</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
After the comparison step, the LVS database will be shown 
in the netlist database browser in a cross-reference view.
If a filename is given, the LVS database is also written to
this file. If a file name is given and "long" is true, a
verbose version of the LVS DB format will be used.
</p><p>
If this method is called together with report_netlist and two files each, two
files can be generated - one for the extracted netlist (L2N database) and one for the
LVS database. However, report_netlist will only write the extracted netlist
while report_lvs will write the LVS database which also includes the 
extracted netlist.
</p><p>
report_lvs is only effective if a comparison step is included.
</p>
<h2>"same_circuits" - Establishes an equivalence between the circuits</h2>
<keyword name="same_circuits"/>
<a name="same_circuits"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>same_circuits(circuit_a, circuit_b)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#same_circuits">Netter#same_circuits</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"same_device_classes" - Establishes an equivalence between the device_classes</h2>
<keyword name="same_device_classes"/>
<a name="same_device_classes"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>same_device_classes(class_a, class_b)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#same_device_classes">Netter#same_device_classes</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"same_nets" - Establishes an equivalence between the nets</h2>
<keyword name="same_nets"/>
<a name="same_nets"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>same_nets(circuit, net_a, net_b)</tt></li>
<li><tt>same_nets(circuit_a, net_a, circuit_b, net_b)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#same_nets">Netter#same_nets</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
<h2>"schematic" - Reads the reference netlist</h2>
<keyword name="schematic"/>
<a name="schematic"/><p>Usage:</p>
<ul>
<li><tt>schematic(filename)</tt></li>
<li><tt>schematic(filename, reader)</tt></li>
<li><tt>schematic(netlist)</tt></li>
</ul>
<p>
See <a href="/about/lvs_ref_netter.xml#schematic">Netter#schematic</a> for a description of that function.
</p>
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