User`s guide

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Files Needed for Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Files That Schematics Generates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Netlist file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Circuit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Other Files That You Can Configure for Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Model library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Stimulus file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Include file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Configuring model library, stimulus, and
include files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Files That PSpice A/D Generates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Probe data file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
PSpice output file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Simulation ExamplesChapter 2
Chapter Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
Example Circuit Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2
Finding Out More about Setting Up Your Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Bias Point Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Running PSpice A/D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Using the Bias Information Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Using the Simulation Output File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Finding Out More about Bias Point Calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
DC Sweep Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Setting Up and Running a DC Sweep Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Displaying DC Analysis Results in Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Finding Out More about DC Sweep Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Transient Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Finding Out More about Transient Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
AC Sweep Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Setting Up and Running an AC Sweep Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
AC Sweep Analysis Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Finding Out More about AC Sweep and
Noise Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Parametric Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
Setting Up and Running the Parametric Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Analyzing Waveform Families in Probe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-27
Finding Out More about Parametric Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-29
Probe Performance Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-30
Finding Out More about Performance Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-32