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PSPICE and MATLAB for Electronics: An Integrated Approach

Box 1.3 Steps for Performing ORCAD

Schematic DC Analysis
• Select “PSPICE/New Simulation Profile.”
• Insert the name of the simulation in “New Simulation” menu.
• Click on “Create.”
• In the “Simulation Settings,” select “Bias Point” for analysis
type, and choose “General Settings” under option.
• Select “OK” to close “Simulation Settings” dialog box.
• To run the DC analysis, choose “PSPICE/Run.”
• View the simulation results either by choosing “View/Output”
for the output text file or by going to ORCAD Capture and
selecting “V” to view the nodal voltages.

FIGURE 1.7
Simulation settings for bias point calculations.

To simulate the circuit for DC analysis, the sequence of actions shown in Box 1.3
is used to simulate the circuit. Figure 1.7 shows the simulation settings for the bias
calculations. Figure 1.8 shows the voltages at various nodes of Figure 1.6 upon
performing the DC analysis.

1.3.2  DC Sweep
In a DC sweep, one or more of the DC voltages are allowed to change and the
voltages at nodes and currents through devices are monitored. The analysis
type used is DC sweep. The following example illustrates the use of the DC
sweep.