First of all, I want to emphasize the word “nearly” in the slightly provocative title of this article. No SPICE model can be better than the real measurements performed on electronic components, which ...

Ceramic Y5V SMT capacitorshave recently become availablein values and sizes that were previouslyavailable only with electrolyticcapacitors. At first glance, they mayseem a worthwhile unpolarized ...

Simulating a circuit design before committing it to silicon is always the wise thing to do, since problems can be caught before they become costly mistakes. Analog designers’ familiarity with Spice 1 ...

Spice is an eminently useful tool for analog design. It has its eccentricities, so to speak, and they have led to some harsh criticism. But its capabilities far outweigh its foibles. The "ice" in ...