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SPICE
RF.Spice is the most useful RF circuit simulation tool in the market. RF.Spice is indeed the RF
Edition of B2.Spice A/D. In other words, it is an enhanced superset of the B2.Spice
A/D(Analog/Digital) applications with an extensive library of RF devices that include Sparameter-based multiport networks and a variety of generic and physical transmission line
types.
You can use RF.Spice to simulate or design distributed analog and mixed-mode circuits at high
frequencies and calculate voltages and currents both in time and frequency domains. You can
also compute the scattering parameters of your network and plot them in Cartesian graphs or
Smith charts. Because RF.Spice is built on the B2.Spice A/D foundation, you can effectively
perform mixed-mode simulations on circuits that involve both RF and digital components.
FEATURES:
1) SCHEMATIC EDITOR
Redesigned and streamlined user interface with intuitive toolbars, menus and a
convenient side panel
Tabbed workspace to keep a projects documents all in one window
25,000 digital, analog and RF parts including hundreds of realistic behavioral models
for resistors, inductors and capacitors
New Parts Browser with customizable Parts Palette
Quick and easy schematic entry using a large set of keyboard shortcuts for generic
parts and a versatile wiring tool
2) RF & MIXED-MODE SPICE SIMULATOR
Featuring Berkeley Spice 3F5 and Georgia Tech XSpice simulation engines
Extension of standard SPICE transmission line models to T-Line devices for RF
analysis
New frequency-domain multiport capability
Multiple level tests: Multivariable sweeps or Monte Carlo sweeps for all test types
Two-port networks with S parameter models as functions of frequency
A large variety of sources and excitation waveforms, including sine, square and
triangle waves, single-tone modulated signals, nonlinear dependent sources and
arbitrary waveforms defined through mathematical expressions
3) DEVICE DATABASE & EDITOR
A large selection of active device models (diode, BJTs, FETs, MOSFETs,
MESFETS, operational amplifiers, etc.) with no less than six distinct MOSFET
models including BSIM3 and BSIM4
One-ports, two-ports, three-ports, four-ports, complex impedance, and other Sparameter-based devices
Import high frequency models of capacitors, inductors, diodes, BJTs, JFETs,
MOSFETs, MESFETs, from simple text files
Ten types of physical transmission line models including microstrip, stripline,
coplanar waveguide, coaxial lines, etc.
A large variety of RF generic components such as Wilkinson power divider,
branchline and rat-race hybrid couples, etc. as well as physical line discontinuities
A large number of virtual blocks representing black-box system behaviors
Powerful Device Editor with integrated Symbol Editor
Unlimited user-defined parameterized subcircuit models
Create a part from any circuit and package it as a reusable database device
Import and manage external parts libraries
4) DATA VISUALIZATION
Extensive graphing utilities with complete control over all aspects of the graph
Real and complex data plots (Mag/Phase or Re/Im) and Smith chart
Circuit visualization/animation displays the actual current flow through a circuit and
relative voltage relationships by varying the wires display color.
Cross probing interactively updates the graph as you add or move the probes around
the circuit.
Multiport Networks
Transmission Lines
Physical Line Calculations and Design
AC Frequency Sweep of RF Circuits
Network Analysis of RF Circuits
Importing RF Device Models
List of RF Spice Keyboard Shortcuts
Applicable models and circuits for simulation:
1 Attenuator: Pi-Type
2 Attenuator: T-Type
3 Bias Tee
6 Coaxial Line
Chip Resistor
9 Complex Impedance
11 Coplanar Waveguide (CPW) Line
14 CPW Gap
27 Generic T-Line
30 Impedance Transformer
32 Loop Inductor
35 Microstrip Line
41 Microstrip Via
44 Spiral Inductor
48 Twin-Lead Line
31 Interdigital Capacitor
34 Microstrip Cross
40 Microstrip Tee
49 Twisted-Pair Line