Welcome to the home of "The SPICE Book", a synopsis of the similarly entitled book published by J. Wiley & Sons. The book is intended for use in any junior/senior/graduate level electronic circuit class as a complement to the main text. The approach to learning circuit simulation is to interpret simulation results in relation to electrical engineering fundamentals, since SPICE is not a substitute for knowledge of circuit operation but a complement. This book teaches the approach to electrical circuit simulation rather than a specific simulation program and the examples can be solved using any flavor of SPICE.
Addressed to both the SPICE novice and the experienced user, the first six chapters provide the relevant information on SPICE functionality for the analysis of linear as well as nonlinear circuits. Each of these chapters starts out with a linear example accessible to any new user of SPICE and proceeds with nonlinear transistor circuits. The latter part of the book goes into more detail on such issues as functional and hierarchical models, distortion analysis, basic algorithms in SPICE and related options parameters, and, how to direct SPICE to find a solution when it does not converge to one. Click here for a table of contents.
This homepage will offer additional exercises, challenging simulation problems, companion software tools, instructor material and errata. It is our hope that the offered selection will grow over time as a result of reader contributions.
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