Kundert Ken. Simulation of Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuits

Tutorial on Circuit Simulation, Cadence Design Systems. — 1998. — 69 p.This presentation is a tutorial on circuit simulation for analog and mixed-signal circuits. The emphasis is presenting information about the way circuit simulators behave that is useful to the practicing circuit designer. I begin with traditional SPICE simulation and cover DC, AC, transient and Fourier analyses. Timing simulation is introduced and contrasted with circuit simulation. Finally, mixedsignal hardware description languages (MS-HDLs) are presented as a way to improve the productivity of engineers involved in the design of complex mixedsignal circuit and Verilog-AMS is introduced. The primary audience is circuit designers and CAD engineers that use or support circuit simulators.