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PSpice tutorial
Discusses Text-Based PSPICE ENTRY
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Note: I ran this tutorial using the PSPICE 9.1 STUDENT VERSION
downloaded from
http://www.cadencepcb.com/products/downloads/PSpicestudent/
It would be a good idea to also download the documentation .PDF file.
This tutorial was adapted from EDL Acoustic Signal Processing Group
Help 4: Pspice tutorial (http://olympus.ece.jhu.edu/~david/edl/help4.php)
From the Start Menu, run PSpice AD Student. This will bring up PSpice.
We are going to simulate the simple op amp circuit below.
There are many ways to enter a design into a Spice simulator. For this tutorial we will
describe the circuit in a text file. Go to File->New->Text File. This will open up a
text file where you can type your "Spice deck". The following is an example Spice
deck with comments:
.lib "nom.lib"
* Include nominal library
V10 10 0 DC 5
* This makes a 5 Volt DC voltage source between node
10 and ground (0)
V4 4 0 SIN 2.5 1m 100 0 0 0
* This makes a sinusoidal voltage source between
nodes 4 and 0. The source has a DC offset of 2.5, an
AC amplitude of 1 mV, and frequency of 100 Hz
V1 1 0 DC 2.5
* A DC voltage source
R0 2 4 2.2K
* A resistor between 2 and 4 with a resistance of 2.2
kOhm
R1 2 3 220K
* A resistor of 220 kOhm
X1 1 2 10 0 3 LMC6462B/NS
* This calls an instance of the subcircuit
LMC6462B/NS, a CMOS opamp from National
Semiconductor. Nodes 1, 2, 10, 0, 3 correspond to
ports on the subcircuit. The subcircuit must be
defined somewhere in the file.
.INC "lmc6462b.cir"
* Include the opamp subcircuit definition
.TRAN 1u 10m 0
* Run a transient analysis for 10 msec in 1 usec time
steps
.PROBE
* Saves simulation variables for plotting?
.END
* Required to end the deck
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Copy and paste this text to your PSPICE window.
(To do this highlight the text by mouse selection then CNTRL-C to copy,
put cursor in PSPICE window then CNTRL-V to paste it.)
Save this file (use File -> Save As – call it Demo1.cir). Be sure to give it a .cir
file extension.
Do the same thing with the op amp subcircuit definition file that follows at the
end of all this below. Put it in the same directory as your Demo1.cir, and call it
lmc6462b.cir. The reason it must be called this is because it is referenced by
this name in the “include statement” of the main program, which is
.INC "lmc6462b.cir".
For some reason, the simulator will only work if you exit Pspice (close all
PSPICE windows), start it again, and then load your .cir file using File -> Open
(will not work from “recent file list”). Do this now.
You are now ready to run a simulation. Go to Simulation->Run.
When the simulation is complete, you can plot the results. To explore the
amplifying behavior of the op amp, we will plot the input and output waveforms
on the same plot. Go to Trace->Add Trace.... then Type V(4) V(3) into the
Trace Expression box at the bottom of the Add Traces Window -- then click OK.
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Spice has many other capabilities. In addition to transient analysis, Spice can
perform a small-signal, AC analysis of a circuit in order to determine the
frequency response. (What is the maximum frequency at which this circuit will
operate properly?)
The “include file” for the op-amp is sometimes referred to as a “macromodel”.
You can get macromodels for other op-amps and components from
manufacturer’s websites (e.g. Motorola, National Semiconductor).
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*LMC6462B CMOS Dual OP-AMP MACRO-MODEL
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non-inverting input
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.SUBCKT LMC6462B/NS 1
2 99 50 28
* CAUTION: SET .OPTIONS GMIN=1E-16 TO CORRECTLY MODEL INPUT BIAS
CURRENT.
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*Features:
*Operates from single or dual supplies
*Rail-to-rail input and output swing
*Ultra low input current =
150fA
*Slew rate =
0.02V/uS
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*NOTE: Model is for single device only and simulated
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supply current is 1/2 of total device current.
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Noise is not modeled.
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Asymmetrical gain is not modeled.
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*****************INPUT STAGE**************
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I1 99 4 6.9U
M1
5 2 4 99 MOSFET
R3
5 50 3.79K
M2
6 7 4 99 MOSFET
R4
6 50 3.79K
*Fp2=5.9 MHz
C4
5 6 2.3868P
G0 98 9 6 5 4.4165E-2
R0 98 9 1K
DP1 1 99 DA
DP2 50 1 DC
DP3 2 99 DB
DP4 50 2 DC
*For accurate Ib , set GMIN<=1E-16 on .OPTIONS line.
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***********COMMON MODE EFFECT***********
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I2 50 99 6.8U
*^Quiescent current
EOS 7 1 POLY(1) 16 49 3.0E-3 1
*Offset voltage..........
R8 99 49 250K
R9 49 50 250K
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***************POLE STAGE***************
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*Fp=13.3 MHz
G3 98 15 9 49 1E-3
R12 98 15 1K
C5 98 15 11.967P
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************POLE/ZERO STAGE*************
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*Fp=600 KHz, Fz= 1.4MHz
G5 98 18 15 49 1E-3
R14 98 18 1K
R15 98 19 750
C6 19 18 151.58P
**********COMMON-MODE ZERO STAGE*********
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*Fpcm=20 KHz
G4 98 16 POLY(2) 1 49 2 49 0 2.812E-8 2.812E-8
L2 98 17 7.958M
R13 17 16 1K
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**************SECOND STAGE**************
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EH 97 98 99 49 1
G1 98 29 18 49 5.6667E-6
R5 98 29 100.37MEG
V2 99 8 1.56
D1 29 8 DX
D2 10 29 DX
V3 10 50 1.56
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**************OUTPUT STAGE**************
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F6 99 50 VA7 1
*^Dynamic supply current
F5 99 35 VA8 1
D3 36 35 DX
VA7 99 36 0
D4 35 99 DX
E1 99 37 99 49 1
VA8 37 38 0
GN3 98 115 40 49 1U
RN21 98 115 1MEG
EN1 97 123 99 115 1
RN17 123 125 180
RN16 123 124 130
DN6 125 127 DX
DN5 126 124 DX
VN7 28 127 0.63
VN6 126 28 0.63
DN3 115 120 DX
RN18 120 129 350K
VN4 129 28 .27
DN4 121 115 DX
RN19 130 121 350K
VN5 28 130 .27
ENP 97 0 99 0 1
ENN 0 96 0 50 1
DN7 28 99 DX
DN8 50 28 DX
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G6 38 40 49 29 16.667E-3
R16 38 40 2.3886K
V4 30 40 .77
D5 30 97 DX
V5 40 31 .77
D6 96 31 DX
*Fp1=7.96 Hz
C3 29 39 280P
R6 39 40 1K
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***************MODELS USED**************
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.MODEL DA D(IS=1.075E-12)
.MODEL DB D(IS=1.15E-12)
.MODEL DC D(IS=1E-12)
.MODEL DX D(IS=1E-14)
.MODEL MOSFET PMOS(VTO=0 KP=1.842E-3)
.ENDS
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