User Guide

Tutorial: Explorin
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Tradeoffs (Active Filter)
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Tutorial Overview
The following tutorial shows you how to use the PSpice
Optimizer to explore design tradeoffs. Using the simple active
filter example provided with your MicroSim programs, you
will:
• Review the optimization setup in Schematics: parameter
definitions and parameterized expression assignments.
• Review the goal and constraint setup in the PSpice
Optimizer.
• Change a parameter value to see the effect on goal and
constraint values.
• Change a goal value to see the effect on parameter values.