Title :
A new time step control method for the circuit simulator Spice
Author :
Brambilla, Angelo ; Amore, D´
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Abstract :
The circuit simulator Spice gives erroneous results during the time domain simulation of some electrical circuits. These errors are due to an incorrect time step control during the analysis. In this paper we determine the class of circuits that can exhibit these errors and explain the reasons that cause them. Moreover we propose a new algorithm to control the integration time step that completely solves the mentioned problems
Keywords :
SPICE; circuit analysis computing; circuit oscillations; digital simulation; integration; time-domain analysis; Spice; circuit oscillations; circuit simulator; integration time step; time domain simulation; time step control method; Capacitors; Circuit simulation; Digital control; Diodes; Error correction; Inductors; Iron; Numerical simulation; SPICE; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Circuits and Systems, 1994., Proceedings of the 37th Midwest Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lafayette, LA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2428-5
DOI :
10.1109/MWSCAS.1994.519392
