SIMPLORER User Manual V6.0 - FER-a

Table of Contents
SIMPLORER 6.0 — Manual vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Project Management 5
2.1 Basic Sequence from Simulation Problem to Result 6
2.2 SIMPLORER’s Program Structure 6
2.3 Program Management with the SSC Commander 8
2.4 SSC Commander Main Window 10
2.5 Project Management with the SSC Commander 14
2.6 Settings and Options for SIMPLORER Programs 18
2.7 Version’s Report and Online Help 25
3 General Modeling Functions 27
3.1 Common Conventions 28
3.2 Schematic Operating Environment 35
3.3 Creating Simulation Models 39
3.3.1 Selecting Components 40
3.3.2 Using Pins 44
3.3.3 Creating Connections 46
3.3.4 Defining Component Properties 48
3.3.5 Using Additional Modeling Functions 52
3.4 Characteristics in Simulation Models 55
3.5 Subsheets in Simulation Models 57
3.5.1 Graphical Subsheets 58
3.5.2 Text Subsheets 62
3.5.3 Subsheets in the Model Agent 63
3.6 Modifying Component Parameters 65
3.6.1 Editing Names and Parameters of Components on the Sheet 65
3.6.2 Searching and Replacing Parameters and Text 67
3.6.3 Transferring Parameters 69
4 Modeling with Circuit Components 71
4.1 Passive Elements 72
4.2 Sources 84
4.3 Switches 104
4.4 Semiconductors System Level 107
4.5 Semiconductors Device Level 122
4.6 SPICE-Compatible Models 151
4.6.1 Introduction 151
4.6.2 Diode Models 155
4.6.3 Bipolar Junction Transistors 155
4.6.4 Field-Effect Transistors 156
4.6.5 Line Models 164
4.7 Electrical Machines 167
4.8 Transformers 187
4.8.1 Single-Phase Systems 188
4.8.2 Three-Phase Systems 194