
SIMetrix Full Training Issue 1.1 Page 3 of 156
Intermediate Table of Contents
1 Introduction.............................................................................15
1.1 System Requirements........................................................................................................15
1.2 Installation of Training Material..........................................................................................15
1.3 About this Training .............................................................................................................15
1.4 Feedback ...........................................................................................................................16
1.5 Conventions Used in the Software ....................................................................................16
1.6 General Operational Notes ................................................................................................16
2 Practical Overview of the Software.......................................18
2.2 Setting Parameters and Markers .......................................................................................19
2.3 Examining the Design ........................................................................................................21
2.4 Configuration Options ........................................................................................................27
2.5 Background Information.....................................................................................................28
3 Model Installation ...................................................................29
3.1 Preliminaries ......................................................................................................................29
3.2 Procedures for Installation .................................................................................................30
3.3 Troubleshooting .................................................................................................................34
3.4 Further Information and References..................................................................................34
4 Using Built-in Parts ................................................................35
4.1 Signal Sources...................................................................................................................35
4.2 Practical Development of Parameterised Parts .................................................................35
4.3 Electrolytic Capacitor .........................................................................................................42
4.4 Ideal Transformer...............................................................................................................43
4.5 Ideal DC Transformer ........................................................................................................45
4.6 Parameterised Op Amp .....................................................................................................46
4.7 Other Components.............................................................................................................46
5 Symbol Editor .........................................................................47
5.1 Symbol Library ...................................................................................................................47
5.2 Gridlines .............................................................................................................................47
5.3 Altering an Existing Symbol ...............................................................................................47
5.4 Create a New Symbol from Scratch ..................................................................................50
5.5 Additional Information about Symbols, Selection and the Library Manager......................53
6 Analysis Modes ......................................................................54
6.1 Transient Analysis..............................................................................................................54
6.2 AC Analysis........................................................................................................................59
6.3 DC Sweep..........................................................................................................................60
6.4 Noise Analysis....................................................................................................................62
6.5 Practical Illustration of Noise Measurement ......................................................................62
6.6 Interpreting the Illustration of Noise Measurement ............................................................63
6.7 Transfer Function...............................................................................................................64
6.8 Further Detail .....................................................................................................................65
7 Waveform Viewer and Data Analysis....................................66
7.1 Probe Types.......................................................................................................................66
7.2 Using the Cursors ..............................................................................................................75
7.3 Adding Labels ....................................................................................................................76
7.4 Annotating the Graph.........................................................................................................77
7.5 Exporting and Importing Data ............................................................................................79
7.6 Background Information relating to Waveform Viewer ......................................................80
7.7 Plotting Arbitrary Expressions............................................................................................80
7.8 Working with Curves ..........................................................................................................82
7.9 Plot Journal ........................................................................................................................82