User`s guide

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Checklist for Simulation
Setup
This section is provided so you can quickly step through what
you need to do to set up your circuit for simulation.
1
Find the topic that is of interest in the first column of any of
these tables.
2
Go to the referenced section. For those sections that provide
overviews, you will find references to more detailed
discussions.
T
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pical Simulation Setup Steps
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Set component values
and other attributes.
Using Parts That You Can
Simulate on page 3-7
An overview of vendor, passive,
breakout, and behavioral parts.
Using Global Parameters
and Expressions for Values
on page 3-14
How to define values using variable
parameters, functional calls, and
mathematical expressions.
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Define power supplies.
Defining Power Supplies on
page 3-21
An overview of DC power for analog
circuits and digital power for mixed-
signal circuits.
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Define input
waveforms.
Defining Stimuli on
page 3-23
An overview of DC, AC, and time-
based stimulus symbols.
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Set up one or more
analyses.
Chapter 8,Setting Up
Analyses and Starting
Simulation
Procedures, general to all analysis
types, to set up and start the simulation.
Chapter 9 through Chapter 14
(see the table of contents)
Detailed information about DC, AC,
transient, parametric, temperature,
Monte Carlo, sensitivity/worst-case,
and digital analyses.