EDN

Build accurate Spice models for low-noise, low-power precision amplifiers

System engineers require accurate models for alltypes of ICs, and they require Spice models torun comprehensive circuit simulations. EarlySpice models had few nonlinear elements, minimizingsimulation ...
EDN

SPICE Models for Ceramic Capacitors … (Nearly) Better Than the Real Thing?

First of all, I want to emphasize the word “nearly” in the slightly provocative title of this article. No SPICE model can be better than the real measurements performed on electronic components, which ...
Electronic Design

What’s All This Spicey Stuff, Anyhow? (Part II)

The other day I was standing out in the rain, talking with a design engineer from the East Coast. He said all of the other engineers at his company ridicule him because they rely on Spice, and he ...
Design-Reuse

Guidelines for Verilog-A Compact Model Coding

The Verilog-AMS hardware description language [1] includes extensions dedicated to compact modeling, but does not define a reserved subset for compact modeling. This lack of specification combined ...
Design-Reuse

Legend's MSIM circuit simulator optimized for 'Subcircuit-type Spice model' for nanometer technology

'Subcircuit-type Spice model' addresses the need for nanometer designs, but may slow down the conventional circuit simulators dramatically. SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 2, 2006 – Legend Design ...