User Guide

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a Netlist-Based Desi
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Optimizin
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without a
Schematic
Although the PSpice Optimizer is designed to optimize a
Schematics-based design, you can optimize a design for which
a netlist, but no schematic, is available.
To optimize
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Schematics
1
Implement your design as a circuit file in PSpice-
compatible format.
2
Create a separate file containing the optimization parameter
definitions.
3
Using the PSpice Optimizer, complete the setup and run the
optimization as usual.
Refer to your PSpice user’s guide for any questions you might
have on circuit-file syntax. The remaining sections explain what
you need to do once your design is defined as a circuit file.