PSpice User Guide

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PSpice User Guide Things you need to know October 2019 41 Product Version 17.4-2019 © 1999-2019 All Rights Reserved. Analyzing waveforms with PSpice What is waveform analysis? After completing the simulation, PSpice plots the waveform results so you can visualize the circuit's behavior and determine the validity of your design. Taken together, simulation and waveform analysis is an iterative process. After analyzing simulation results, you can refine your design and simulation settings and then perform a new simulation and waveform analysis. Perform post-simulation analysis of the results This means you can plot additional information derived from the waveforms. What you can plot depends on the types of analyses you run. Bode plots, phase margin, derivatives for small-signal characteristics, waveform families, and histograms are only a few of the possibilities. You can also plot other waveform characteristics such as rise time versus temperature, or percent overshoot versus component value. Pinpoint design errors in digital circuits When PSpice detects setup and hold violations, race conditions, or timing hazards, a detailed message appears along with corresponding waveforms. PSpice also helps you locate the problem in your design.

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