User`s guide

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24 Creatin
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and Editin
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Models
Startin
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the Parts utilit
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for the D1 diode
To start the Parts utilit
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1
Click the D1 symbol to select it.
2
From the Edit menu, select Model.
3
Click Edit Instance Model (Parts).
The schematic editor searches the configured set of model
libraries for an instance model corresponding to this
symbol.
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Click OK.
Three things happen:
• Schematics automatically creates rectfr.lib and
configures it into the set of local model libraries.
• The Parts window displays.
• The D1 instance in the schematic references a unique
instance model name, Dbreak-X.
Enterin
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data sheet information
As shown in Figure 4-5, the Parts window initially displays:
• diode model characteristics listed in the Model Spec box,
and
• Dbreak-X model parameter values listed in the Parameters
box.
Fi
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ure 4-5
Diode Model
Characteristics and Parameter
Values for the Dbreak-X