User`s guide

Analyses You Can Run with PSpice A/D 1

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Anal

ses You Can Run

with PSpice A/D

Basic Anal

ses

DC sweep & other DC calculations

These DC analyses evaluate circuit performance in response to

a direct current source. Table 1-1

summarizes what PSpice A/D

calculates for each DC analysis type.

Table 1-1

DC Analysis Types

For this DC

analysis...

PSpice A/D computes this...

DC sweep Steady-state voltages, currents, and digital

states when sweeping a source, a model

parameter, or temperature over a range of

values.

Bias point detail Bias point data in addition to what is

automatically computed in any simulation.

DC sensitivity Sensitivity of a net or part voltage as a

function of bias point.

Small-signal

DC transfer

Small-signal DC gain, input resistance, and

output resistance as a function of bias point.

See Chapter 2,Simulation

Examples, for introductory

examples showin

how to run

each type of analysis.

See

Part Three, Setting Up and

unning Analyses

for a more

detailed discussion of each type

of analysis and how to set it up.