User Guide

Index
402
manually configuring, 261
stimulus, adding, 33
AC sweep, 233
DC sweep, 218
for multiple analysis types, 77
transient (analog/mixed-signal), 252
subcircuits, 87
creating .SUBCKT definitions from designs, 91
creating .SUBCKT definitions from schematics,
115
tools to create, 91
ways to create/edit, 92
see also models
switch
, 363
problems, 386
system variables in expressions, 73
T
table look-up parts (ABM), 153, 160, 174, 179
temperature analysis, 196, 281
introduction, 6
with statistical analyses, 288
TEMPLATE property, 140
and non-simulation parts, 140
examples, 143
naming conventions, 141
regular characters, 140
special characters, 142
thermal noise, 245
TIME (Probe output variable), 359
total noise, 242
circuit, 245
per device, 245
traces
adding
, 28
direct manipulation, 344
displaying, 28, 35
markers, 334
output variables, 356
placing a cursor on, 30
transformer
problems
, 391
transient analysis, 196
example, 32
Fourier analysis, 196
hysteresis curves, 266
internal time steps, 265
introduction, 5
overview, 250
problems, 388
setting up, 34
Stimulus Editor, 253
stimulus generation, 252
switching circuits, 266
transient response, 263
transistors, Darlington model, 95
transmission lines, 362
triode, 171
troubleshooting
checklist
, 58
missing DC path to ground, 84
missing ground, 83
unconfigured libraries and files, 81
unmodeled parts, 79
unmodeled pins, 82
tutorials, see examples and tutorials
U
unmodeled
parts
, 79
pins, 82
updating plots, 346
V
VAC stimulus part, 75, 233
variables in expressions, 73
VDC (DC stimulus), 218
VDC stimulus part, 74–75
vendor-supplied parts, 61
VEXP stimulus part, 75
voltage comparator, 95
voltage reference, 95
voltage regulator, 95
voltage source, controlled, 174, 192
VPLOTn (write voltage plot part), 369
VPRINTn (write voltage table part), 370
VPULSE stimulus part, 75
VPWL stimulus part, 75
VPWL_F_N_TIMES stimulus part, 76
VPWL_F_RE_FOREVER stimulus part, 75
VPWL_N_TIMES stimulus part, 76
VPWL_RE_FOREVER stimulus part, 75
VSFFM stimulus part, 76
VSIN stimulus part, 76
VSRC stimulus part, 74–75, 78, 218, 233
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