Circuit Simulation with SPICE OPUS: Theory and Practice (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.72 (576 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0817648666 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 399 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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1219, 2011)“This book is a combination of a basic guide to general analog circuit simulation and a SPICE OPUS software manual, which may be used as a textbook or self-study reference. … This book can be also useful to other commercial SPICE users for additional insight into SPICE internals and may help explain certain issues with other version of SPICE.” (Danut Burdia, IASI Polytechnic Magazine, Vol. The examples cover a large area of applications: modeling a nonlinear transistor; logic gates; phase-locked loops; etc. From the reviews:“The book deals with circuit simulation with SPICE in theory and practice. … The book enjoys an excellent graphics (formulae, various representations of results). Finally, we conclude that the book represents an excellent ‘instrument de travail’ for all those working in the area of circuits design and simulation.” (D
This book is a unique combination of a basic guide to general analog circuit simulation and a SPICE OPUS software manual, which may be used as a textbook or self-study reference. The book is divided into three parts: mathematical theory of circuit analysis, a crash course on SPICE OPUS, and a complete SPICE OPUS reference guide. All simulations as well as the free simulator software may be directly downloaded from the SPICE OPUS homepage: spiceopus.Circuit Simulation with SPICE OPUS is intended for a wide audience of undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and practitioners in electrical and systems engineering, circuit design, and simulation development.
"The Book That Berkeley Forgot To Write" according to Dave. Of all the SPICE books on my shelf (>20) this is probably the most important book on the basics of SPICE. There are plenty of good books on how to use SPICE; most focus on PSPICE, ISSPICE, HSPICE, or other commercial flavors of SPICE. Nothing wrong with after market documentation and commercial SPICE simulations; the commercial versions are certainly worth the price if you are a professional working for a company that has a liberal budget for CAD tools. Enter the SPICE OPUS team (and let's not forget the equally important SpiceThe Book That Berkeley Forgot To Write Of all the SPICE books on my shelf (>20) this is probably the most important book on the basics of SPICE. There are plenty of good books on how to use SPICE; most focus on PSPICE, ISSPICE, HSPICE, or other commercial flavors of SPICE. Nothing wrong with after market documentation and commercial SPICE simulations; the commercial versions are certainly worth the price if you are a professional working for a company that has a liberal budget for CAD tools. Enter the SPICE OPUS team (and let's not forget the equally important Spice3 project, ngSpice, which is open source). If you are a user of SPICE OPUS, b. project, ngSpice, which is open source). If you are a user of SPICE OPUS, b. Legrape said Well written to be understandable as well as useful to the practicioner. I found this book in a web search of timestep control methods for Spice. I confess, I only used information from that section, but what I've read in the rest of the book is clear as well. As a practicioner (i.e. 'improver' of Spice code), I was interested in methods for timestep control. I found the formulas useful, but not with the author's intent. I found the formula for timestep control at a breakpoint actually more useful at any point in the simulation. The other formula, upon scrutiny, didn't seem to offer a useful algorithm.Admittedly I was digging for the details and focussed on this one narrow t. rmfuhrer said go seek out any of the much better texts for that. A large amount of this book is a whirlwind introduction to electrical engineering principles. Mostly it just presents equations with little or no intuition. I say this as someone with an electrical engineering background (my undergrad degree), where I got much more thorough and intuitive treatment of the material. I can't imagine many who haven't seen this stuff before getting much out of the presentation. Anyway, this is a book on Spice and circuit simulation, so IMO this material is misplaced. If you need to know this material, and perhap you do, go seek out any of the much better texts for that. I al