AN ALGORITHM FOR IDENTIFYING UNSTABLE OPERATING POINTS USING SPICE

Authors
GREEN MM WILLSON AN
Citation
Mm. Green et An. Willson, AN ALGORITHM FOR IDENTIFYING UNSTABLE OPERATING POINTS USING SPICE, IEEE transactions on computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems, 14(3), 1995, pp. 360-370
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Computer Application, Chemistry & Engineering","Computer Science Hardware & Architecture
Journal title
IEEE transactions on computer-aided design of integrated circuits and systems → ACNP
ISSN journal
02780070
Volume
14
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
360 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0278-0070(1995)14:3<360:AAFIUO>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
The standard SPICE dc operating point analysis does not distinguish be tween stable and unstable operating points. Circuit designers can be m islead when an operating point ''looks'' correct on the basis of dc si mulation but turns out to be unobservable once the circuit is breadboa rded or fabricated. The algorithm presented herein can identify a larg e class of unstable operating points, and it has been incorporated int o the SPICE dc operating point analysis without compromising analysis speed.