SPICE-the third decade

Author

Vladimirescu, Andrei

Author_Institution

Valid Logic Syst., San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

17-18 Sep 1990

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

101

Abstract

The author reviews the evolution of SPICE from the initial research project at the University of California at Berkeley in the late 1960s, through the 1970s and 1980s, and into the 1990s. A general description of the SPICE techniques, analysis modes, and intended areas of application is provided. The relation between solution algorithms, semiconductor device models, and circuits to be characterized is explored in order to clarify the merits and limits of this program. The current trends in electrical circuit simulation and the role of SPICE in its third decade are then presented. It is concluded that the developments in circuit simulation do not make SPICE obsolete, but rather complement it. SPICE will continue to be the main electrical simulator because it solves the fundamental equations of an electrical system

Keywords

circuit CAD; circuit analysis computing; semiconductor device models; SPICE; analysis modes; electrical circuit simulation; semiconductor device models; solution algorithms; Cancer; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer aided analysis; Diodes; Integrated circuit modeling; Logic; Nonlinear equations; SPICE; Semiconductor device modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, 1990., Proceedings of the 1990

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIPOL.1990.171136

Filename

171136