Title :
Circuit simulation: unified simulator
Author :
Raahemifar, K. ; Sidhu, S.S.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Ryerson Univ., Toronto, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
This paper puts forth a new approach to circuit simulation with worked examples that shows that this approach is operational. A unified simulation algorithm has been developed for small size circuits. This algorithm has then been tested on small simple resistive circuits to large complex filters. Also, four methods of speeding up the process of the simulation are explained and tested on certain examples. Our experimental results show that this algorithm is not only feasible, but converges on a solution more rapidly than traditional simulation methods.
Keywords :
circuit simulation; convergence; electric resistance; filters; complex filters; convergence; resistive circuits; simulation methods; simulation process speed; small size circuits; unified circuit simulator; unified simulation algorithm; Algorithms; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Equations; Filters; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Resistors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2002. IEEE CCECE 2002. Canadian Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7514-9
DOI :
10.1109/CCECE.2002.1015286