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Article #17292Re: Information on the implementation of "Spice"
From: ken
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1987 19:04
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 1987 19:04
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I'm trying hard to remember what they taught me as an EE. Any EE worth his salt can tell you that the analysis of circuits can done by replacing the circuit components with the equivalent mesh of resistances, impedances, generators, etc. For DC you must use the DC equivalent. For AC you must use the appropriate model for the frequencies you are working at. Then you formulate the mesh as a system of linear equations, and solve. The linearity assumption is important. If this doesn't hold well, you must use better models. I'm not saying this is the way it is done in Spice, but it is one general approach. I leave advanced comments for those who know better. Check your local engineering library for books on Computer Analysis of Circuits. I remember books on ECAP and other venerable programs. I'm sure the literature has been updated since then. Ken
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Information on the implementation of "Spice" Message-ID: <24996@rochester.ARPA> Date: Thu, 19-Feb-87 14:04:58 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.24996 Posted: Thu Feb 19 14:04:58 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 20-Feb-87 21:19:04 EST References: <1450@umd5> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 18 Keywords: mathematical models