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Table of Contents Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction The SIMetrix Simulator - What is it? ................................ 10 A Short History of SPICE................................................. 10 Chapter 2 Running the Simulator Using the Simulator with the SIMetrix Schematic Editor.. 12 Adding Extra Netlist Lines ........................................ 12 Displaying Net and Pin Names................................. 12 Editing Device Parameters ....................................... 13 Editing Literal Values - Using shift-F7 ...................... 13 Running in non-GUI Mode ............................................... 14 Overview................................................................... 14 Syntax....................................................................... 14 Aborting .................................................................... 15 Reading Data............................................................ 16 Configuration Settings ..................................................... 16 Netlist Format .................................................................. 18 File Format ............................................................... 19 Language Declaration .............................................. 19 Comments ................................................................ 20 Device Lines ............................................................. 20 Simulator Controls .................................................... 22 Simulator Output.............................................................. 22 The List File .............................................................. 22 The Binary Data File................................................. 23 Output Data Names.................................................. 24 Chapter 3 Simulator Devices Overview.......................................................................... 26 Using XSPICE Devices.................................................... 26 Vector Connections .................................................. 26 Connection Types..................................................... 27 Using Expressions ........................................................... 28 Overview................................................................... 28 Using Expressions for Device Parameters ............... 29 Using Expressions for Model Parameters ................ 29 Expression Syntax.................................................... 29 Optimisation.............................................................. 38 3
