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Article #771Re: Internal time step error in SPICE2G6 ?
From: Nahid_Ansari.ElSegundo
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1987 17:30
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1987 17:30
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Russ,
The problem you are having ("Internal Time Step Too SmaLL") is
unfortunately a very common one. As the name implies, it has to do with
setting time steps when solving current equations. The thing to do,
which works about 95% of the time, is to set the option ABSTOL to 1
microamp (.Options abstol=1u). Abstol is the absolute current error
tolerance with the default value of 1 picoamp which is a very small
value. By setting it to 1microamp, you will sacrifice some accuracy,
but you will get the program running. Also, you mentioned that you
initialized the internal nodes. I don't know if you used UIC on your
Tran card or not; if you have, make sure you have specified *all* the
nodes on your .IC card, otherwise you'll get the above error again.
Good Luck.
Nahid
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