Circuit Simulation

LIST OF FIGURES

1.1 A resistor.

1.2 A capacitor.

1.3 Nonlinear resistor.

1.4 A simple linear circuit.

1.5 A linear circuit, used to demonstrate the MNA formulation.

1.6 An i-v characteristic for a nonlinear resistor, showing linearization around a candidate solution point.

1.7 A linear circuit that has the same current–voltage characteristic as the tangent line in Fig. 1.6.

1.8 Overall circuit simulation flow.

2.1 The symbols for (a) a linear resistor and (b) a nonlinear resistor.

2.2 The symbol for a capacitor (a) and an illustrative plot of capacitance as a function of voltage (b) for a nonlinear capacitor.

2.3 The symbol for an inductor (a) and an illustrative plot of inductance as a function of current (b) for a nonlinear inductor.

2.4 Symbols for (a) a constant independent voltage source, (b) a timevarying independent voltage source, and (c) an independent current source.

2.5 Controlled voltage sources, showing a linear voltage-controlled source (a) and a linear current-controlled source (b).

2.6 Controlled current sources, showing a linear voltage-controlled source (a) and a linear current-controlled source (b).

2.7 Replacement of a nonlinear VCVS by an equivalent circuit containing only linear controlled sources.

2.8 The pn-junction diode, showing its structure, circuit symbol, and current-voltage characteristic.

2.9 An equivalent circuit model for a diode.

2.10 The n-channel ...