Fundamentals of Electronics Engineering

Assignment-1
Aim:- To study about the open access software LT Spice and
Circuit lab.

Objective:-
a) To study the procedure of electronic circuit
simulation in LT Spice.
b) To study the procedure of electronic circuit
simulation in Circuit Lab.

Theory:

SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) is a

general-purpose, open-source analog electronic circuit simulator. It is
a program used in integrated circuit and board-level design to check
the integrity of circuit designs and to predict circuit behavior. LT spice
is a SPICE-based analog electronic circuit simulator computer
software, produced by semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices
(originally by Linear Technology). It is the most widely distributed
and used SPICE software in the industry.

Uses of LTspice
LTspice® is Analog Devices’ high performance circuit simulation
program, which allows you to draft, probe, and analyze the
performance of your circuit design. The software also allows sub-
circuits and Hierarchical circuits of any size, even from third- party
sources to add components that are not currently available in the
library. Circuit simulation analysis based on transient, noise, AC, DC,
DC transfer function, DC operating point can be performed and
plotted as well as fourier analysis. It is used by many users in fields
including radio frequency electronics, power electronics, audio
electronics, digital electronics, and other disciplines.

Benefits of LTspice
• Stable SPICE circuit simulation with
➢ Unlimited number of nodes
➢ Schematic/symbol editor
➢ Waveform viewer
➢ Library of passive devices
• Fast simulation of switching mode power supplies (SMPS)
➢ Steady state detection Steady state detection
➢ Turn on transient
➢ Step response
➢ Efficiency / power computations
• Outperforms pay-for options
• LT spice is also a great schematic capture

Limitation of LTspice
Although SPICE is a useful tool, there are many limitations. Real
electronic components can be a complex creature with many
behaviors. Simulation of a circuit is only as accurate as the behaviors
modeled in the SPICE devices created for it. Many simulations are
based on simplified models. For more complex circuits or subtle
behaviors, the simulation can be misleading or plain incorrect. This
can spell disaster if we're relying entirely on SPICE when developing
circuits for manufacture.

Procedure of simulation:
(1) Firstly, we will install LT spice program from google.