User Guide

Index
401
LAPLACE (ABM), 154, 164
LIMIT (ABM), 153, 156
LOG (ABM), 154, 167
LOG10 (ABM), 154, 167
LOPASS (ABM), 153, 157
MULT (ABM), 153, 155
NODESETn (initial bias point), 376
PWR (ABM), 154, 167
PWRS (ABM), 154, 167
SIN (ABM), 154, 167
SOFTLIM (ABM), 153, 156
SQRT (ABM), 154, 167
SUM (ABM), 153, 155
TABLE (ABM), 153, 160
TAN (ABM), 154, 167
performance analysis, 274
example, 49
goal functions, 275
phase, 361
plots in waveform analysis, 321
power supplies
analog
, 74
Probe windows
plot update methods
, 346
plots, 321–322
printing Probe windows, 323
scrolling, 346
setting colors, 324
trace data tables, 349
traces, displaying, 28
zoom regions, 344
properties (part) for simulation, 139
PSpice
default shortcut keys
, 344
waveform analysis, 320
multiple y-axes, 276
PSpice A/D
about
, 2
expressions, 69
functions, 71
output file (.OUT), 24, 369
output variables, 199
PSpice A/D-equivalent parts, 174–175
simulation status window, 208, 368
starting, 206
using with other programs, 9
viewing in-progress output values, 368
waveform data file (.DAT), 14
PSPICE.INI file, editing, 324
R
real part, 361
regulator, 95
RELTOL (simulation option), 191
resistors, 203, 363
S
schematic page editor
starting other tools from
Model Editor, 101, 111–112
scrolling, Probe windows, 346
semiconductor
problems
, 385
shot noise, 245
simulation
about
, 2
analysis
execution order
, 198
setup, 197
types, 196
batch jobs, 207
bias point, 374
failure to start, 58
initial conditions, 374, 378
output file (.OUT), 24
setup checklist, 56
starting, 206
status window, 208
troubleshooting checklist, 58
simulation control parts, 60
ICn, 376
NODESETn (initial conditions), 376
PARAM, 67
small-signal DC transfer analysis, 196, 225
introduction, 3
Stimulus Editor, 33, 253
about, 9
creating new stimulus parts, 259
defining analog stimuli, 76
defining stimuli, 256
editing a stimulus, 260
manual stimulus configuration, 261
starting, 254
stimulus files, 253–254
stimulus files, 11
configuring, 13, 120
stimulus generation, 252
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