User`s guide

If You Don’t Have the Standard PSpice A/D Packa
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Notable PSpice analysis and simulation features
DC sweep, AC sweep, transient analysis yes yes
noise, Fourier, temperature analysis yes yes
parametric analysis yes no
Monte Carlo, sensitivity/worst-case
analysis
yes no
analog behavioral modeling (ABM) yes yes
propagation delay modeling yes no
constraint checking (such as setup and hold
timing)
yes no
digital worst-case timing yes no
charge storage on digital nets yes no
Stimulus Editor yes no
Parts utility yes no
performance analysis (goal functions) yes no
save/load bias point yes no
Notable PSpice devices and library models
GaAsFETs: Curtice, Statz, TriQuint,
Parker-Skellern
all Statz
MOSFETs: SPICE3 (1-3) with charge
conservation, BSIM1, BSIM3 (version 3)
yes yes
IGBTs yes no
JFETs, BJTs yes yes
resistor, capacitor, and inductor .MODEL
support
yes yes
ideal, non-ideal lossy transmission lines all ideal
coupled inductors yes yes
coupled transmission lines yes no
nonlinear magnetics yes no
voltage- and current-controlled switches yes yes
analog model library 10,200+ 10,200+
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Feature
PSpice A/D
(Standard)
PSpice
A/D
Basics+
Note For expert PSpice A/D
users, these are the PSpice
circuit file commands that are
not available in the Basics+
packa
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• .STIMULUS
• .STIMLIB
• .SAVEBIAS
• .LOADBIAS