PSpice User Guide
Preparing a design for simulation
October 2019 141 Product Version 17.4-2019
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Standard PSpice libraries
The standard PSpice libraries feature over 16,000 analog and 1,600
digital and mixed-signal models of devices manufactured in North
America, Japan, and Europe.
Use parts from standard PSpice libraries or PSpice Advanced
Analysis libraries if you want to analyze the part with PSpice.
The standard PSpice libraries are installed at following locations:
■ Capture symbols for standard PSpice libraries at
\tools\Capture\Library\PSpice\
Design Entry HDL symbols for standard PSpice libraries at
\share\library\
■
Standard PSpice model libraries at
\tools\PSpice\Library\
For information on finding parts, see To find parts in the standard
libraries and Advanced Analysis libraries supplied with PSpice on
page 148.
PSpice Advanced Analysis libraries
The PSpice Advanced Analysis libraries contain over 4,300 analog
parts. The Advanced Analysis libraries contain parameterized and
standard parts. The majority of the parts are parameterized. The
parametrized parts have tolerance, distribution, optimizable and
smoke parameters that are required by the PSpice Advanced
Analysis tools. Standard parts in the Advanced Analysis libraries are
similar to parts in the standard PSpice libraries.
The parametrized parts are associated with template-based PSpice
models. An important advantage of using the template-based PSpice
models is that you can pass model parameters as properties from the
design entry tool
1
. For example, if a template-based model is
associated with a part, the model parameters that you specify on an
instance of the part in your design will be passed to the model. There
is no need to edit the model itself to change a parameter value. This
1. In this guide, design entry tool is used for both OrCAD Capture and Design
Entry HDL. Any differences between the two tools is mentioned, if necessary.
