Dot Commands 151

All voltages and currents are available

–300mV –200mV –100mV 0mV 100mV 200mV 300mV

VIN

0) Exit 1) Add Trace 3) X Axis 4) Y Axis 5) Add Plot 8) Hard Copy

9) Suppress Symbols : 1

FIGURE 6.9 Select plot/graphics output.

can be chosen. After the first choice, the second level is the choice for the plots
and coordinates of output variables as shown in Figure 6.9. After the choices, the
output is displayed as shown in Figure 6.10.
With one exception, Probe does not distinguish between uppercase and low-
ercase variable names, i.e., “V(4)” and “v(4)” are equivalent. The exception is
the “m” scale suffix for numbers: “m” means “milli” (1E − 3), whereas “M”
means “mega” (1E + 6). The suffixes “MEG” and “MIL” are not available. The
units that are recognized by Probe are:

V Volts
A Amperes
W Watts
d Degrees (of phase)
s Seconds
H Hertz

Probe also recognizes that W = V × A, V = W/A, and A = W/V. Therefore,

the addition of a trace, such as
VCE(Q1)*IC(Q1)
gives the power dissipation of transistor Q1 and will be labeled with a “W.”
Arithmetic expressions of output variables are also allowed and the available

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