User`s guide

Files That PSpice A/D Generates 1
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Files That PSpice A/D
Generates
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g
ure 1-4
Data Files That PSpice A/D Creates
After first reading the circuit file, netlist file, model libraries,
and any other required inputs, PSpice A/D starts the simulation.
As simulation progresses, PSpice A/D saves results to two
files—the Probe data file and the PSpice output file.
Probe data file
The Probe data file contains simulation results in a format that
Probe can read. Probe reads this file automatically and displays
waveforms reflecting circuit response at nets, pins, and parts
that you marked in your schematic (cross-probing). You can set
up your simulation so Probe displays the results as the
simulation progresses or after the simulation completes.
Once Probe has read the Probe data file and displays the initial
set of results, you are free to add more waveforms and to
perform post-simulation analysis of the data.
output file
Probe
data file
simulation
audit
simulation
results
MicroSim
PSpice A/D
MicroSim
Schematics
MicroSim
Probe
Probe
markers
For a description of how to use
Probe to display simulation
results, see
Part Four, Viewing
R
esults.
For a description of the
waveform analyzer pro
g
ram, see
What is Probe? on page 1-10.
There are two ways to add
waveforms to the Probe display:
• From within Probe, by
specifyin
g
trace expressions.
• From within Schematics, by
cross-probin
g
.