UNIVERSITY of PENNSYLVANIA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Example of SPICE simulation of mutual inductances
The syntax for a mutual inductance is as follows:
Kname Inductor1 Inductor2 value_of_K
In which K is the value of the coupling coefcient that determine the mutal inductance:
M=K.sqrt(L1xL2). An example of a complete SPICE le for the circuit given below follows.
(K=M/sqrt(L1xL2)=0.693)
Vin 1 0 sin(0 5 159.15 0 0)
Rs 1 3 100
Rl 4 0 500
L1 3 0 10M
L2 4 0 2M
K L1 L2 0.693
.TRAN 0.1M 10M
.PRINT TRAN V(3) V(4)
.PLOT TRAN V(3) V(4)
.END
Remarks:
SPICE always needs a reference node numbered 0. One can never leave any node oating. For
that reason we have connected the two coils together to node 0 (or put a large resistor between
it). As there is no current owing through this section, the circuit will not change by connecting
these nodes.
1.
SPICE does not allow to connect a voltage source in parallel with an inductor, as it thinks that
the voltage source is short circuited. You can place a small resistor (ex. 0.001 Ohm) in series
with the voltage source to overcome this problem.
2.
Back to Spice Guidelines
Jan Van der Spiegel;
jan@ee.upenn.edu
Created Sept. 30, 1995; Updated Feb. 8, 2007
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