Inside SPICE

From the Publisher: Generate faster,more accurate SPICE simulations! Make your SPICE simulations faster,more accurate - and avoid nonconvergence using the breakthrough methods packed into the Second Edition of Inside SPICE. In this updated and revised bestseller,Ron Kielkowski gives you the hands-on help and guidance you need to create more effective software modles for simulating circuit behavior. This one-of-a-kind modeling toll and troubleshooter brings you up to speed on the latest commercially-SPICE-like simulators,including HSPICe,PSPICE,IS_SPICE and MICROCAP IV. . . delivers proven solutions to the full range of circuit simulation problems,including convergence and accuracy problems. . . shows you how to make difficult measurement such as loop gain of an op amp or distortion measurements of clocked ciruits like converters and sample-and-hold circuits. . . measure any class of circuits,such as oscillators,charge-storage circuits,or very large circuits. . . and more. Inside SPICE. Up-to-date methods for creating fast,accurate circuit simulations with SPICE. The complexities of SPICE - the international standard in circuit simulation software - require expert handling Inside SPICE gives you everything necessary to create the most effective software models for simulation the behavior of real circuits. And this edition of Inside SPICE offers the most up-to-date techniques for generating faster,more accurate simulations. Inside SPICE,Second Edition is an indispensable reference tool - and a troubleshooter. It will help professionals and students analyze and work around problems typically encountered with SPICE and SPICE-like simulator programs: HSPICE,PSPICE,IS_SPICE,andMICROCAP IV. It has a new chapter on simulation trends,in addition to anew,Windows-compatible CD-ROM version of RSPICE with extensive sample models. Well-organized chapters spell out the fundamentals,including: understanding circuit simulations; nonconvergence; SPICE options; numeric integration. Packed with example circuit files.