Microelectronic Circuits Sixth Edition Sedra & Smith

How to Setup a Simulation Profile in OrCAD Capture (PSpice Student Version 9.1)

Prepared by: Muhammad Faisal July 12, 2009

How to Setup a Simulation Profile

Select the schematic capture that you want to simulate Make this schematic capture root by right clicking and selecting Make Root.

Figure 1: Make Root Go to PSpice menu in the main Capture window and select New Simulation Profile option.

Figure 2: New Simulation Profile A window will pop up asking for the name of the profile. Enter a descriptive name

Figure 3: Enter the Name Another window with analysis options will appear. You can choose the type analysis to be one of: Time Domain, AC Sweep, DC Sweep, Bias Point

Figure 4: Select Analysis Type Now you must select the library which contains models for the devices being used in the simulations

Figure 5: Library Path

The newly setup simulation profile will appear under Simulation Profiles in PSpice Resources Right-click on the desired simulation profiles, you are presented with options to either edit or simulate the selected profile.

Figure 6: Simulate Upon running the simulation, you will see the simulation results window Click on the Trace menu to choose which output to display

Figure 7: Select Results to be displayed

You can also perform various functions on the simulation results

Figure 8: Perform Functions on the results Lastly, you can utilize cursors to read any specific point on the output waveforms as shown below.

Figure 9: Cursors for specific points