Nice.Spice3: an open simulation environment

Author

Baiardi, Pierluigi ; Brambilla, Angelo ; Dallago, Enrico

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pavia Univ., Italy

fYear

1991

fDate

13-16 May 1991

Firstpage

865

Lastpage

869

Abstract

A novel environment for the simulation of analog circuits and devices, realized by means of an improved version of the Spice3 circuit simulator and an optimization interface, is presented. This system allows the user to incrementally and dynamically write the programming code that describes new electrical devices or that controls the behavior of the circuit to be analyzed. The programming code is interpreted and is directly accessible to the user. Two examples of these features are presented. The former deals with a VCCS that has the same DC characteristic as a power MoSFET. The latter shows a chopper circuit where in case of dangerous overload, the alarm signals sent to the fast breaker and the SCR gate signals are triggered by a user developed procedure

Keywords

analogue circuits; circuit analysis computing; semiconductor device models; DC characteristic; DMOS transistor; MTP25N06 DMOS; Nice.Spice3; RATTLE procedures; Spice3; analog circuits; chopper circuit; circuit simulator; incremental program development; nonlinear VCCS; open simulation environment; optimization interface; power MoSFET; Algorithms; Automatic control; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Differential algebraic equations; Libraries; Nonlinear equations; Switches; Transient analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

CompEuro '91. Advanced Computer Technology, Reliable Systems and Applications. 5th Annual European Computer Conference. Proceedings.

Conference_Location

Bologna

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2141-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPEUR.1991.257505

Filename

257505