ELECTRONIC COMPUTER AIDED

DESIGN
(DEE3071)
UNIT 2:
ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT SIMULATION
PACKAGE
 OUTCOMES
1. Explain netlist and its contents.
2. Start schematic capture.
3. Set the paper size of the schematic sheet.
4. Edit title block.
5. Get the electronic components from the ‘library’.
6. Place component on schematic sheet.
7. Move and change the position of the components.
8. Edit the attributes and text in schematic capture.
9. Wire-up the components to produce a complete
schematic circuit.
10. Ground the circuit and label the circuit nodes.
11. Save the schematic file.
 INTRODUCTION TO BASICS OF
SCHEMATIC CAPTURE SIMULATION

• In this module, you will use schematic capture

method. This means simulating schematic
circuits which are drawn graphically.
• Another method is to write down the program
called “netlist”. It is like writing program in
Pascal, C++ or other high level languages.
 NETLIST

• A list of statement for each element /

component used in the circuit to be simulated.

• The netlist could be written manually. It could

also be generated automatically by Pspice from
the schematic drawn.

• A netlist could be read using any text editor

program.
 NETLIST

A netlist consists of 3 elements :

1. Source element
2. Passive device element
3. Active device element
Factor scale used for the component values in
the netlist and in schematic capture

Milli ; M = 1E-3 Kilo ; K = 1E3

Mikro ; U = 1E-6 Mega ; MEG = 1E6

Nano ; N = 1E-9 Giga ; G = 1E9

Piko ; P = 1E-12 Terra ; T = 1E12

 1. SOURCE ELEMENT
• There are THREE (3) types of simulation
circuits.

1. DC Source
• A source that generates dc voltage and dc
current. There are two types of dc sources –
dependent source, independent source.

2. AC Source
• A source that generates sinusoidal
waveforms at different frequencies with the
same magnitude.
 1. SOURCE ELEMENT (cont..)
3. Transient Source
• A source that generates waveform whose
amplitude changes with time.
• Examples of transient sources are : sine
waveform, pulse waveform, polynomial
waveform and exponential waveform.
 2. PASSIVE DEVICE ELEMENTS

• Passive elements are electronic

passive components such as resistor,
capacitor, inductor and transformer.
 3. ACTIVE DEVICE ELEMENTS

• Active device elements are electronic

components made of semiconductor
material.
• Examples are diod, bipolar transistor
(BJT), Field-Effect transistor (FET),
Integrated Circuits (ICs)
 STARTING PSPICE
SCHEMATIC CAPTURE
GETTING TO KNOW THE TOOLBAR

place saved file

wire name edit title
Get new block simulate
place Current
part analysis
text part used
setup