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LTspice is a high performance SPICE simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with enhancements and models for easing the simulation of switching regulators. Our enhancements to SPICE have made simulating switching regulators extremely fast compared to normal SPICE simulators, allowing the user to view waveforms for most switching regulators in just a few minutes. Included in this download are LTspice IV, Macro Models for 80% of Linear Technology's switching regulators, over 200 op amp models, as well as resistors, transistors and MOSFET models.
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LTspice: Creating and Working with Symbols
Jan 12th 2017
In LTspice you can create a symbol automatically in two situations; either you have a subcircuit definition in ASCII fomat at hand or you want to create a hierarchy with your own schematics which are building blocks for larger designs. Hierarchical schematic drafting in particular offers powerful advantages by enabling larger ...
LTspice: Behavioral Voltage Sources
Apr 4th 2016
Nearly all circuits that you simulate need a voltage source of some kind. In LTspice, the humble voltage source rarely gets to demonstrate its true capabilities. This video will help you learn some of the undiscovered talents of the LTspice voltage source. In this video we’ll explore the power of the behavioural voltage ...
LTspice: Importing and Exporting WAV & PWL Text Files
Jan 20th 2016
Sometimes you may want to apply a voltage source to your circuit whose characteristics have been derived from an external source whether it is a WAV file or a just a list of time and voltage instances. LTspice allows you to do this and this video will highlight how to import and export WAV audio files as well as how to read ...
LTspice: SOAtherm Tutorial
Oct 8th 2014
Verifying that a Hot Swap design does not exceed the capabilities of a MOSFET is a challenge at high power levels. Fortunately, thermal behavior and SOA may be modeled in circuit simulators such as LTspice IV® . The SOAtherm-NMOS symbol included in LTspice contains a collection of MOSFET thermal models developed by Linear ...
LTspice: SAR ADC Driver Interface
Apr 3rd 2014
High-performance SAR ADCs can offer amazing dynamic range and linearity at faster and faster sample rates. But how do you design the amplifier and interface at the analog inputs? LTspice IV can help. This video shows how to use LTspice to simulate the analog input interface of high-performance SAR ADCs. We will look ...
LTspice: AC Analysis
Feb 13th 2014
Sometimes the frequency response of a circuit is more important than looking at the individual voltages or currents at a specific part of the schematic. LTspice can help you achieve this with its AC analysis function. This video shows you how to perform a basic AC analysis in LTspice as well as point out some capabilities ...
LTspice: Stability of Op Amp Circuits
Nov 6th 2013
We all know that feedback circuits can oscillate. We may even know some tricks of how to fix it. But wouldn’t it be nice if our simulation tool could show us exactly what is happening, and why? This video illustrates how to use the .AC analysis to look at open loop gain and phase of operational amplifier ...
LTspice: Noise Simulations
May 7th 2013
LTspice can perform frequency domain noise analysis which takes into account shot, thermal and flicker (1/f) noise. The resulting noise density (in units of volts per square root hertz) can then be plotted to aid in circuit analysis and understanding. This video covers how to setup a .noise simulation in LTspice to ...
LTspice: Evaluating Electrical Quantities
Apr 19th 2012
Utilizing LTspice waveform viewer to analyze a circuit and perform basic measurements is very useful. However there are times where you need to evaluate a circuit with a numerical analysis. For these circumstances .MEASURE statements can be very powerful in evaluating user-defined electrical quantities. .MEASURE statements ...
LTspice: Stepping Parameters
Feb 9th 2012
Plotting voltages or currents in a LTspice simulation is important but so is varying a parameter in a device or model so that you can compare performance and develop your circuit intuition. There are two ways to examine a circuit by changing the value of a parameter. You can either manually enter each value then re-simulate ...
LTspice: Adding Third-Party Models
Oct 5th 2011
LTspice supplies many device models to include discrete like transistors and MOSFET models. Nevertheless, there are also many third-party models from manufacturers that are available that you could add to your LTspice IV circuit simulations. These third-party SPICE models are described with a .MODEL and .SUBCKT statements. ...
LTspice: Using Transformers
Aug 25th 2011
Transformers and coupled inductors are key components in many switching regulator designs to include flyback, forward and SEPIC converters. They perform critical function in providing an isolation barrier, enabling high step-down or step-up ratios and accommodating multiple or inverting outputs. Although it is possible ...
LTspice: Waveform Viewer
Jul 22nd 2011
LTspice includes an integrated waveform viewer that in combination with the schematic editor provides an easy way to display and review simulation data. This means that if you click on an object in the schematic editor, the voltage on that wire or current through that component will be plotted on a waveform viewer ...
LTspice: Schematic Editor
Apr 28th 2011
Unlike many schematic capture programs, LTspice schematic editor was written explicitly for running SPICE simulations. This means that if you click on an object, the default behavior is to plot the voltage on that wire or current through that component, not select the object for editing. Hence, the first couple of ...
LTspice: Overview
Mar 4th 2011
LTspice is a high performance Spice III simulator, schematic capture and waveform viewer with enhancements and models for easing the simulation of switching regulators. Our enhancements to Spice have made simulating switching regulators extremely fast compared to normal Spice simulators, allowing the user to view waveforms ...
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