A Beginner's Guide to SPICE3 and PSpice

Hemanshu Roy Pota
School of Electrical Engineering
Australian Defence Force Academy
Canberra ACT 2600
pota@adfa.edu.au

Abstract:

This short note introduces SPICE3 and PSpice programs. This note is brief and a detailed discussion can be found in various books on SPICE3 [6] and PSpice [1, 5, 3].

 
• Introduction
• A Simple RLC Circuit Analysis
  • Pole-Zero Analysis
  • Transient Response
  • DC Analysis
  • AC Analysis
  • DC Operating Point Analysis
  • Story with `.' Control Commands
  • Transfer Function
  • SPICE3 as a Calculator
  • Sourcing the Script Again
  • The Quality of Plots
  • Command List
• The Spice Netlist File
  • A BJT Common-Emitter Amplifier
  • NMOS and JFET Circuits
• The Model Statement
• Probe
• More SPICE3
• End of the Beginning
• References
• About this document ...