Introduction
Descriptions of SPICE
Types of SPICE
Types of Analysis
Limitations of PSpice
Descriptions of Simulation Software Tools
PSpice Platform
PSpice Schematics versus OrCAD Capture
SPICE Resources
Circuit Descriptions
Input Files
Nodes
Element Values
Circuit Elements
Element Models
Sources
Output Variables
Types of Analysis
PSpice Output Commands
Format of Circuit Files
Format of Output Files
Examples of PSpice Simulations
PSpice Schematics
Importing Microsim Schematics in OrCAD Capture
Defining Output Variables
DC Sweep and Transient Analysis
AC Analysis
Output Markers
Noise Analysis
Voltage and Current Sources
Sources Modeling
Independent Sources
Dependent Sources
Behavioral Device Modeling
Passive Elements
Modeling of Elements
Operating Temperature
RLC Elements
Magnetic Elements and Transformers
Lossless Transmission Lines
Switches
Dot Commands
Models
Types of Output
Operating Temperature and End of Circuit
Options
DC Analysis
AC Analysis
Noise Analysis
Transient Analysis
Fourier Analysis
Monte Carlo Analysis
Sensitivity and Worst-Case Analysis
Diode Rectifiers
Diode Model
Diode Statement
Diode Characteristics
Diode Parameters
Diode Rectifiers
Laboratory Experiments
DC–DC Converters
DC Switch Chopper
BJT SPICE Model
BJT Parameters
Examples of BJT DC–DC Converters
MOSFET Choppers
MOSFET Parameters
Examples of MOSFET DC–DC Converters
IGBT Model
Examples of IGBT DC−DC Converters
Laboratory Experiment
Pulse-Width–Modulated Inverters
Voltage-Source Inverters
Current-Source Inverters
DC Link Inverters
Laboratory Experiments
Resonant-Pulse Inverters
Resonant-Pulse Inverters
Zero-Current Switching Converters
Zero-Voltage Switching Converter
Laboratory Experiments
Controlled Rectifiers
AC Thyristor Model
Controlled Rectifiers
Examples of Controlled Rectifiers
Switched Thyristor DC Model
GTO Thyristor Model
Example of Forced-Commutated Rectifiers
Laboratory Experiments
AC Voltage Controllers
AC Thyristor Model
Phase-Controlled AC Voltage Controllers
Examples of Phase-Controlled AC Voltage Controllers
AC Voltage Controllers with PWM Control
Cycloconverters
Laboratory Experiments
Control Applications
Op-Amp Circuits
Control Systems
Signal Conditioning Circuits
Closed-Loop Current Control
Characteristics of Electrical Motors
DC Motor Characteristics
Induction Motor Characteristics
Simulation Errors, Convergence Problems, and Other Difficulties
Large Circuits
Running Multiple Circuits
Large Outputs
Long Transient Runs
Convergence
Analysis Accuracy
Negative Component Values
Power-Switching Circuits
Floating Nodes
Nodes with Fewer than Two Connections
Voltage Source and Inductor Loops
Running PSpice Files on SPICE
Running SPICE Files on PSpice
Using Earlier Version of Schematics
Biography
Muhammad H. Rashid is a professor (and past director, 1997−2007) of electrical and computer engineering at the University of West Florida. Dr. Rashid received his BSc degree in electrical engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and his MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. He has worked around the world as a professor of electrical engineering Dr. Rashid is actively involved in teaching, researching, and lecturing in power electronics. He has published 17 books and more than 140 technical papers. His books are adopted as textbooks all over the world. In addition, He has been invited by many foreign governments and agencies to give keynote lectures and consulted by foreign universities to serve as an external examiner for undergraduate, master’s degree, and PhD examinations, by funding agencies to review research proposals, and by U.S. and foreign universities to evaluate promotion cases for professorship. Among his many awards, Dr. Rashid has received the Outstanding Engineer Award from The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, the IEEE Educational Activity Award (EAB) for Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education, and the IEEE Undergraduate Teaching Award.
" ...an excellent way to learn the basics of PSpice. It provides many examples, generally much better than the software manuals, on how each circuit element is specified and, more importantly, how the various options and special commands are used. There are also good examples that show how to model various circuit components such as a power transformer by using a combination of elements and commands. ... The material on simulation errors contains excellent advice on the little details in PSpice that are important when higher currents and voltages are being used in power electronics and other higher-power circuits. ... Electrical engineering students, especially those with a power engineering interest, will find this book very helpful for validating circuit designs. Electrical engineers will also find this book useful as a concise reference source for PSpice simulation examples for various power electronic circuit examples. It could also be used as a supplemental textbook in an undergraduate electrical engineering course, since it has problems listed at the end of each chapter and is a very good instructional resource book."
—IEEE Electrical Insulation Magazine, November/December 2013
