TOLEDO'97

Tutorial M-D:
Methods of PSPICE Analog, Digital and Mixed Behavioural Macromodelling of Electronic Devices and Circuits

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Contents

  1. Basics on the Analog Behavioural Modelling (ABM) language.
    1. Time domain ABM sources:
      • VALUE "in line equation" controlled sources
      • TABLE "table" defined controlled sources
    2. Frequency domain ABM sources:
      • LAPLACE "S domain" sources
      • FREQ "Bode characteristics" sources
      • CHEBYSHEV "filter" sources
    3. Elementary examples.
  2. Basics on the Digital Behaviour Modelling (DBM) language
    1. Digital expression description with a LOGICEXP device
    2. Pin-to-pin delay times description with a PINDLY device
    3. Digital timing constraints specification with a CONSTRAINT device (e.g. hold time, setup time, maximal and minimal input signal frequencies)
    4. Elementary examples
  3. Basics on the mixed analog-digital macromodelling
    1. Analog to Digital interface - O device
    2. Digital to Analog interface - N device
    3. Elementary examples
  4. Advanced analog, digital and mixed behavioural macromodelling techniques
    1. Optoelectronic devices macromodelling
    2. Power semiconductor devices macromodelling
    3. Dynamic electrothermal behaviour of semiconductor devices macromodelling
    4. Magnetic components macromodelling
    5. Electromechanical systems macromodelling
      • DC drive macromodel
      • AC drive macromodel
    6. Communication circuits macromodelling
      • AM and FM modulators and demodulators
      • PLL circuits
    7. Mixed integrated circuits macromodelling
  5. Strategies to behavioural macromodelling
    1. Behavioural macromodel developing steps
    2. Model parameters extraction algorithms
    3. Parametrized model libraries development
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