EC538 Selected Topics in Electronics

Lab 1
LTspice Intro

Eng. Nihal Tawfik

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 Lab Objective
Proper understanding Devices Basics

Semiconductors Devices Models

PN Junction
(Diode) MOSFETS

VLSI Fabrication and Layout

Digital/Analog Course Project

Tools :
 LT Spice IV http://ltspice.linear.com/software/LTspiceIV.exe

 Electrical ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/electric/electric-9.03.jar
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Spice
› SPICE: Simulation Program with Integrated
Circuit Emphasis
› Developed at UC Berkeley in the early 70’s.
› Commercial versions:
– Hspice: Hailey-Spice owned by Synopsis run
under Unix
– Spectre: Cadence Unix Tool
– Eldo: Mentor Tool
– Pspice: Personal Spice owned by Cadence
– LTSpice (FreeWare), Mica Spice, …

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Spice Netlist
› Circuit are described in a text file called
“Netlist”.

› Netlists are difficult to create for large

circuits.
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Spice GUI
› Therefore, Graphical Circuit Interface has
been developed.

› Netlists are then automatically generated.

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Analysis Types
1- Operating Point
› Using LTSpice:
Find the corresponding voltages and current
in the below circuit :

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Analysis Types (ctd.)
2- DC Sweep
› Using LTSpice:
Find the IV characteristics of the MUR460
diode.

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Analysis Types (ctd.)
3- AC Sweep
› Using LTSpice:
Find the operating bandwidth for the below
circuit:

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Analysis Types (ctd.)
4- DC Sweep
› Using LTSpice:
Plot the output and input voltage for the
below circuit:

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Quick Hints on LTspice
› To start a new schematic:
› To add a component:
› To rotate an element : CTRL+R
› To place ground:
› To specify the simulation type: Edit ->Spice Analysis
› To display the cursors, right click on the expression name
at the top of the plot pane.
› In AC sweep Analysis, the Bandwidth is displayed by right
clicking while holding down the CTRL key.
› To edit a model:
Go to :…\Program Files\LTC\LTSpiceIV\lib\cmp
Choose : standard.mos : for MOSFET models
standard.dio : for diode models
standard.bjt : for BJT models 10