User Guide

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Fitting the Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
Error Messa
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esAppendix A
Appendix Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Error Message Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2
File Types Used by
the PSpice OptimizerAppendix B
Appendix Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1
File and Program Relationships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2
Measuring Performance Using Information in the Circuit File and .prb File B-4
Defining Specification Criteria in the External Data File . . . . . . . . . . B-5
File Type Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-6
Optimizin
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Netlist-Based Desi
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nAppendix C
Appendix Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-1
Optimizing without a Schematic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Setting Up the Circuit File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-3
Setting Up and Running the PSpice Optimizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Example: Parameterizing the Circuit File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
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