Circuit simulation with SPICE OPUS. Theory and practice
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Circuit simulation with SPICE OPUS. Theory and practice
zbMATH Open document ID: 1219.94095
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4867-1
author: Tadej Tuma
author: Árpád Bűrmen
published in: Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology
publication date: 2010-05-19T00:00:00Z
review text: This is a volume in the Birkhäuser series called significantly Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology, a title which underlines the stages from a pure science to applications. The book deals with circuit simulation with SPICE in theory and practice. The acronym comes from ``Simulation Program with Integrated Circuits Emphasis'', an engine for OPtimization UtilitieS (OPUS) which was released in 2000. Since that time, this engine was worldwide used by engineers and scientists. So the authors say in the Introduction that the book is intended for a very large audience working in Integrated Circuits (IC) simulation and development. To make the reader acquainted with the items included in the book, and the benefits he could get of it, we first give its Contents: Abbreviations; About \texttt{SPICE OPUS} and this book; 1) Introduction to circuit simulation; 2) Short tutorial; 3) Input file syntax; 4) Analyzing the circuits; 5) NUTMEG scripting language; 6) Mathematical background; 7) Examples; References; Index. We emphasize that all simulations and the free simulation software can be downloaded from the \texttt{SPICE OPUS} homepage: \url{http://www.spiceopus.si}. The book can be used as a whole or in parts. a) The theory part (Chapters 1 and 6) gives basic mathematical notions for circuit analysis and the algorithms which implement them in \texttt{SPICE OPUS}. This part gives the form in which the theory should be presented for a better understanding of the associated algorithms. b) The main course (Chapters 2 and 7) gives the installation features and some examples. c) The reference guide (Chapters 3, 4 and 5) gives the essential features of \texttt{SPICE OPUS} and basic structural properties (input files, built-in functions, etc.). Here, an important chapter that should be paid attention to by the reader is the one on the NUTMEG scripting language. The book enjoys an excellent graphics (formulae, various representations of results). The references give only th…
reviewed by: Dumitru Stanomir
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94C05
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94-01
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94-02
zbMATH DE Number: 5709745
zbMATH Keywords: circuit simulation
zbMATH Keywords: integrated circuit simulation
describes a project that uses: SPICE
describes a project that uses: SPECTRE
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-8176-4867-1
OpenAlex ID: W2493943245
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5709745