Circuit Simulation

INDEX

, 14

AC Small-Signal Analysis, 10

Adams method(s), 221, 225, 228

Adams-Bashforth method(s), 210, 221, 230

Adams-Bashforth-Moulton (ABM) method, 230

Adams-Moulton method(s), 210, 215, 221, 230

Addition, 80

Admittance form, 30, 164

Admittance matrix, see Matrix, admittance

Affine approximation(s), 154–160, 162–164, 168, 170–173, 276

uniqueness of, 171

Affine function, 140, 141, 148, 149, 152, 155

Algorithm(s), 75, 76

accurate/accuracy of, 75

stable/stability of, 75–78, 80, 83, 85, 89, 92

Analysis modes, in SPICE, 9

Average minimum degree (AMD) algorithm, 122

Backward difference operator, 232

Backward difference(s), 239

Backward differentiation formula(s) (BDF), 211, 224, 225, 228–231, 234, 235, 252, 253, 262–265, 267, 268, 277, 290

coefficients of, 229

deriving the, 229, 234

error constants for, 254, 256

second order (BDF2), 225, 231, 233, 237, 253, 254, 256–258, 263–265, 277

stability of, 253–256

Backward Euler (BE), 213, 214, 218, 220, 221, 225, 227, 240, 245, 256, 257, 262, 266, 267, 271–273, 275, 277, 279–281, 286, 290, 293, 297

stability of, 249–251, 253, 256, 257, 265

Backward substitution (BS), 54, 55, 61–63, 84, 85, 112

Basis matrix 25–27

Basis vectors, 25

Bipolar junction transistor (BJT), 172, 174, 182, 185

affine approximation for, 173

companion model for, 174, 177 ...