DC Bias Point Analysis
Abstract
When you connect a battery or a power supply to a circuit, the circuit voltages and currents effectively settle down to what is known as a DC steady-state condition. This is also known as the operating point or Bias Point of a circuit under steady-state conditions. In PSpice, the Bias Point analysis calculates the node voltages and currents through the devices in the circuit. For example, for a simple common emitter transistor amplifier, the Bias Point analysis will calculate the base, emitter, and collector bias voltages and the base, collector, and emitter quiescent currents.
Keywords
Bias; Circuit; Simulation; Emitter; Voltage; Output file
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