The Electrical Engineering Handbook

3

Computer-Aided Design

Ajoy Opal,     Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Modified Nodal Analysis

3.3. Formulation of MNA Equations of Nonlinear Circuits

3.4. A Direct Current Solution of Nonlinear Circuits

3.5. Transient Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits

    References

3.1 Introduction

Hand analysis of large circuits, especially if they contain nonlinear elements, can be tedious and prone to error. In such cases, computer-aided design (CAD) is necessary to speed up the analysis procedure and to obtain accurate results. This chapter describes the algorithms used in CAD programs. Such programs are available from commercial companies, such as Mentor ...