COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN 2

(E3004)
 Transient analysis
• The Transient Analysis is used to look at
waveforms versus time.
• The analysis must be set for time-based
calculations, so that we can know how the
waveform changes with time.
• Transient analysis is used in simulating
circuits such as rectifiers, amplifiers,
clippers, etc.
• To run transient analysis, the circuit to be
simulated has to have transient source.
 WHAT IS TRANSIENT ANALYSIS?

• Transient analysis is a type of analysis

which involves the use of transient source.
• Using this analysis, we will be able to
know what the circuit does to the input
waveform by looking at the output
waveform as a function of time.
 TRANSIENT SOURCE
• The Transient Analysis uses voltage and
current sources that are functions of time. The
sources below are meant to be used with the
transient analysis:
 Sinusoidal voltage or current source.
 Pulse waveform – can be used to create a
square wave.
 Piece-Wise-Linear voltage or current source
– can create any arbitrary waveform that is
made of straight lines such as triangular or
sawtooth wave.
 Transient source Setup
• Sinewave Generator - Place the sinewave
generator in your desired circuit.
 Transient source Setup

• To set the attributes for the sinewave generator

,double click on the supply symbol. This will open
the VSIN attribute window as shown below:
 Transient source Setup
• PSpice must have values for voff,vampl
and freq.
• Voff is the DC offset voltage for the AC
supply.This value is usually zero .
• To set the attribute,double click the Voff
line and the cursor will move to the value
entry box. Type the number zero (0) and
then Save Attr box.
 Transient source Setup

• Pulse Generator - Place the pulse generator in

your desired circuit as shown below
 Transient source Setup
• To set the attributes for the pulse generator
,double click on the supply symbol. This will
open the VPULSE attribute window as shown
below:
 Transient source Setup
Volts

PW

TD

TR TF

Time (s)
 Transient source Setup

• PWL (Piece-Wise- Linear)

 Transient source Setup
• Double click on the graphic of the PWL
Generator symbol. You will get a PWL Box as
shown below:
 Transients Analysis Setup
• Click the Transient box to open the Transient
window.This is shown below:
 Transients Analysis Setup
• The Print Step value indicates the time
interval between values that are to be
printed to the output file.
• Every Print Step seconds, the print part
will print out the specified values in the
output file.
• The Final Time is the length of time the
analysis will continue
 Transients Analysis Setup
• No-Print Delay is the value of the delay
time between the beginning of the
analysis and the start of the traces. Enter
zero (0) in the box for No-Print Delay.
Example
• Draw the circuit simulation 1. (10 marks)
• Set the input Vin as shown in Figure 4.2.
• Save the schematic as rect1.sch.
• Set the transient analysis setup by Print
Step = 5ms, Final Step = 60ms, so that the
simulation ends after 3 cycles of the input
waveform.
• Label the voltage input and output across
RL using bubble.
• Click the pull down menu:
\Analysis\Probe Setup\Automatically
Run Probe after Simulation\OK
• Run simulation
• Trace the Vin and Vout across RL
• Draw the second circuit given in above
Simulation 2.
• Set the Vm as shown in the above figure.
• Save the schematic as zener.sch.
• Set the transient analysis setup for the
circuit.
• VOFF must be 0.
• Mark the voltage across Vm and Vout
across diode D1.
• Click the pull down menu:
\Analysis\Probe Setup\Automatically
Run Probe after Simulation\OK
• Run simulation
• Trace the Vm and Vout across Diode D1
• Draw the amplifier circuit simulation 3.
(10 points)
• Plot the voltage input and output waveform
using Probe. (30 points)
• Get the voltage gain (Av) from the
amplifier circuit above. (10 points)

Av = Vout / Vin
 Sekian…
• Due Date Report for Simulation 2 =
10 January 2011

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