Archive for: May 2008

May 1, 2008

Simulation accuracy is not a function of RELTOL setting

Filed under: Circuit Simulation, Simulation - 01 May 2008

In SPICE, RELTOL determines convergence across iterations. Why then is it being touted by Berkeley Design Automation as a means of controlling simulation accuracy? Experienced SPICE users know that RELTOL is to accuracy as grapefruit spoon is to eye surgery. …

May 9, 2008

Voltage drop analysis and verification - piecewise-constant current sources

Filed under: Voltage Drop Analysis - 09 May 2008

In this article we’re going to introduce the concept of time into voltage drop analysis, in the form of time-varying current sources attached to the extracted power grid. With this approach it is possible to perform a crude, abstracted voltage …