What抯 New in PSpice 10.3
PSpice 10.3 brings you the following new features and enhancements:
Monte Carlo history support
In this release, PSpice A/D engine has been enhanced to provide Monte
Carlo history support. You can now store the model parameter values used
for each Monte Carlo run, in a separate file, and later reuse these
values.
For every Monte Carlo run, the model parameter values are generated
randomly with in the tolerance range specified by you. With the history
support feature, you can save these randomly generated values and reuse
exactly the same values in the next analysis.
The Monte Carlo history support feature allows you to compare the
results of two Monte Carlo analyses by manually changing only one or more
parameter values. For comparison between simulations, the random numbers
have to remain the same for the toleranced model parameters and this can
be achieved using the Monte carlo history support feature.
Importing waveforms in PSpice
You can now import the traces stored in a tabular format in a .txt or
.csv file into PSpice. To import a trace into PSpice, select the Import
command available in the File drop-down menu. Using the Import Trace
dialog box, you can import one or all the waveforms stored in a text
file.
To know more about importing traces, see PSpice Simulator User憇 Guide.
PSpice SLPS Interface
The PSpice SLPS Interface is an interface tool between The MathWorks'
MATLAB/Simulink system simulator and OrCAD PSpice A/D electric circuit
simulator. Using PSpice SLPS Interface, you can insert PSpice electrical
circuits into Simulink models, and can co-simulate systems models and
electric circuit models that were previously handled separately. To go
through the step by step instructions for using PSpice SLPS Interface,
see the PSpice SLPS Interface User Guide available for download at the
following URL: http://www.cybernet.co.jp/slps/download
Version Information
In the help about box of all OrCAD products, a new Version Info button
has been added. This button is used to display the location and the
version information of all the dependency applications and application
extensions that are being used in the flow. You can use the information
displayed in the Version Info dialog box, for troubleshooting.
Battery model
The Capture-PSpice flow has been enhanced to provide support for
simulating battery models. Two new models, awblead_battery and
awbflooded_battery, have been added. To instantiate battery models in
your Capture design, select Flooded or Lead_Acid from pspice_elem.olb.
Using these models you can now accurately model electrical
characteristics of a lead-acid battery during discharge over a large
range of operating conditions. The parameters passed to these models are
state of charge of the battery, ampere-hour, and open circuit voltage
across the battery.
To know more about battery model, see PSpice Reference Guide.
PSpice model enhancements
TOM3 model support for GaAsFET
From this release onwards PSpice would support TOM3 model equations for
GaAsFET. The capacitance equations supported by TOM3 model are more
accurate and would help designers to simulate the large signal behavior.
BSIM NLEV support
By default, for MOSFET level 7 noise equations, instead of NLEV (noise
equation selector), NOIMOD was used. Now the model has been enhanced to
support NLEV for cases where NOIMOD < 0.
To know more about the noise equations, see Pspice Reference Guide.
Probe enhancements
In this release, following new features have been included in the PSpice
user interface .
New Keyboard shortcuts
New keyboard shortcuts have been added for the Zoom commands in the View
drop-down menu. Now instead of using the menu View > Zoom > In, you can
use
View > Zoom > Out.
