SPICE Circuit Simulator

1. Input Data
   1. Circuit Description
   2. Models
   3. Control Cards
2. Example - A CMOS Inverter
3. Models for Real Devices

1. TYPES OF ANALYSIS
   1. DC Analysis
   2. AC Small Signal Analysis
   3. Transient Analysis
   4. Analysis at Different Temperatures
2. CONVERGENCE
3. INPUT FORMAT
4. CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION
5. TITLE CARD, COMMENT CARDS AND END CARD
   1. Title Card
   2. END Card
   3. Comment Card
6. ELEMENT CARDS
   1. Resistors
   2. Capacitors and Inductors
   3. Coupled (Mutual) Inductors
   4. Transmission Lines (Lossless)
   5. Linear Dependent Sources
   6. Linear Voltage-Controlled Current Sources
   7. Linear Voltage-Controlled Voltage Sources
   8. Linear Current-Controlled Current Sources
   9. Linear Current-Controlled Voltage Sources
   10. Independent Sources
       1. Pulse PULSE(V1 V2 TD TR TF PW PER)
       2. Sinusoidal SIN(VO VA FREQ TD THETA)
       3. Exponential EXP(V1 V2 TD1 TAU1 TD2 TAU2)
       4. Piece-Wise Linear PWL(T1 V1 )
       5. Single-Frequency FM SFFM(VO VA FC MDI FS)
7. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES
   1. Junction Diodes
   2. Bipolar Junction Transistors (BJT's)
   3. Junction Field Effect Transistors (JFET's)
   4. MOSFET's
   5. .MODEL Card
   6. Diode Model
   7. BJT Models (both NPN and PNP)
   8. JFET Models (both N and P Channel)
   9. MOSFET Models (both N and P Channel)
8. SUBCIRCUITS
   1. .ENDS Card
   2. Subcircuit Calls
9. CONTROL CARDS
   1. .TEMP Card
   2. .WIDTH Card
   3. .OPTIONS Card
   4. .OP Card
   5. .DC Card
   6. .NODESET Card
   7. .IC Card
   8. .TF Card
   9. .SENS Card
   10. .AC Card
   11. .DISTO Card
   12. .NOISE Card
   13. .TRAN Card
   14. .FOUR Card
   15. .PRINT Cards
   16. .PLOT Cards
10. APPENDIX A: EXAMPLE DATA DECKS
    1. Circuit 1 Determines the dc operating point and small-signal transfer of a differential pair.
    2. Circuit 2 Output characteristics of a MOSFET
    3. Circuit 3 Transient response of an inverter
    4. Circuit 4 Four bit adder using subcircuits
    5. Circuit 5 Transmission-line inverter
11. APPENDIX B: NONLINEAR DEPENDENT SOURCES
    1. Voltage-Controlled Current Sources
    2. Voltage-Controlled Voltage Sources
    3. Current-Controlled Current Sources
    4. Current-Controlled Voltage Sources
    5. V = I(VIN1)*I(VIN2)
12. Use of HSPICE on Unix.
    1. The .INCLUDE card.
    2. Graphical Interface.
    3. PATH for Hspice.